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Object Number 2004.29.5532
Display Title Sweat house
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Paiute Indians. (Inyo County California) (Shoshonean); Sweat house. Gift of Grace Nicholson."
Subject
  • Sweat house
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Inyo County
Dimensions Overall: 11.1125 × 8.7313 cm (4 3/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Grace A. Nicholson

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