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Object Number 08-17-10/73410
Display Title Wooden smoother for pottery
Descriptions
Indigenous Term yeb itus i ka wa
Inventory Description Smoother, flat wooden stick
Classification
  • Mechanical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Catawba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Carolina
Additional Geographic Terms Catawba Indian Reservation
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 18.7 x 2.2 x 0.5 cm (7 3/8 x 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73410
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (1907-1908 - 1908)
Previous owner Previously owned by John Brown
Donor Unknown (1908)

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