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Object Number 88-51-10/48063
Display Title Weft sword
Descriptions
Inventory Description Batten, carved to point one end, blunt other, blade like side
Classification
  • Batten
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Hopi pueblos
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 35.4 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm (13 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48063; 69716 [crossed out]
Provenance
Collector Col. James Stevenson (1881)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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