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Root digger
Object Number 10-21-10/76460
Display Title Root digger
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, pointed at both ends, blackened, cracked
Classification
  • Agricultural
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yokut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Mariposa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 124.5 x 3 x 2.8 cm (49 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76460
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1910 - 1910)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1910 - 1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910 - 1910)

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