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Board for cutting tobacco
Board for cutting tobacco
Object Number 09-8-10/75066
Display Title Board for cutting tobacco
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cutting board, square wood with metal tacks at edge, leather tie one end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Artist Little Bird (01/01/1895)
Culture
  • Plains Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana
Additional Geographic Terms Havre, Vicinity of
Materials Wood, Leather, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 24.3 x 21.7 x 1.2 cm (9 9/16 x 8 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75066
Provenance
Collector Rev. J. W. Millar (01/01/1895)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1909)

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