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Object Number 15-27-10/97924
Display Title Field braker for preparing ground for corn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden stick, carved, blunt one end, straight shaft, carved blade other end.
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mandan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 98.5 x 4.5 x 6 cm (38 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 97924, Mandan Indians field breaker
Provenance
Collector George F. Will (1914)
Donor George F. Will (1915)

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