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Object Number 95-30-10/65691
Display Title Maiden's sticks for doing up hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tools, wood sticks, U-shaped
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 19.6 x 19.7 x 1.4 cm (7 11/16 x 7 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 95-30-10/65691
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (1895)

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