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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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