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Snake whip
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Object Number 45-25-10/28690
Display Title Snake whip
Descriptions
Object Description Snake whip short spear shaped piece of wood with image of a snake painted on it, wrapped with hide.
Inventory Description Carving, wood dowel, 1 end worked to point, incised snake figure, hide thong
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Wood, Hide, Pigment, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm (13 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28690
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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