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Shuttle stick for holding yarn
Object Number 88-51-10/48062
Display Title Shuttle stick for holding yarn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, wood stick, slightly flattened, worked at ends
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Hopi pueblos
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 57 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm (22 7/16 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/48062
Provenance
Collector Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution (1881)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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