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Object Number 08-4-10/73125
Display Title 'Invitation stick'
Descriptions
Object Description 'Invitation stick'; indicates length of time until an event.
Inventory Description Stick, cord tied to one end, four sticks tied onto end of cord - 'invitation sti
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pomo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (12 5/8 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73125
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1908)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (06/01/1908)

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