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Object Number
08-17-10/73407
Display Title
Shell for scraping and smoothing pottery
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
nu tcre
Inventory Description
Smoother, shell with perforation, buffed outer surface
Classification
- Mechanical
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Catawba
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Carolina
Additional Geographic Terms
Catawba Indian Reservation
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 6.9 x 4.4 x 1.1 cm (2 11/16 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
73407
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington
(1907-1908 - 1908)
Previous owner
Previously owned by
John Brown
Donor
Unknown
(1908)
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