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Object Number
08-17-10/73408
Display Title
Gourd smoothers for pottery making
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
wa de
Inventory Description
Smoothers, made of gourd
Classification
- Mechanical
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Catawba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Carolina
Additional Geographic Terms
Catawba Indian Reservation
Materials
Gourd
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 3.7 x 0.4 cm (4 1/8 x 1 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
73408
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington
(1907-1908 - 1908)
Previous owner
Previously owned by
John Brown
Donor
Unknown
(1908)
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