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Object Number
88-51-10/48061
Display Title
Sword for beating weft
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Warp sword, flat, rounded ends, smooth
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Hopi pueblos
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 77.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm (30 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/48061/ Moqui/ [crossed out] 41686 Expl. J.W.POWELL/ J.Stevenson
Provenance
Collector
Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
(1881)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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