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Object Number 45-25-10/28756
Display Title Corn meal
Descriptions
Object Description Sacred meal. Corn meal in glass jar with cork stopper.
Inventory Description Corn meal sample, bottled
Classification
  • Ethnographic
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Cornmeal
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm (3 15/16 x 2 x 2 in.)
Quantity Bottle
Label on object 45-25-10/28756/ H/3531
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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