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Object Number 06-5-10/66373
Display Title Hot stone ladle
Descriptions
Object Description Hot stone ladle. Used for transferring hot stones from fire to mush basket.
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, worked wood, formed into loop, ends lashed together with reed
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Washoe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Wood, Reed
Dimensions Overall: 59 x 9.8 x 1.6 cm (23 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66373
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1906)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1906)

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