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Object Number 45-25-10/28666
Display Title Gourd canteen (outside net-work gone)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd container, perforated, carved wood stopper, vegetable? matter inside
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Gourd, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 21.4 x 20.8 cm (4 15/16 x 8 7/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28666/ [crossed out] 3593/ 74646
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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