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Object Number
88-51-10/48064
Display Title
Tongs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tongs, carved wood, split lengthwise
Classification
- Food processing
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Hopi pueblos
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 26.2 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm (10 5/16 x 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48064/ [crossed out] 68800/ Moqui
Provenance
Collector
Col. James Stevenson
(1881)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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