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Object Number
76-20-10/10093
Display Title
Guessing sticks
Descriptions
Object Description
Guessing sticks. Two wooden sticks, one bare, the other entirely black, each attached to a cloth cord. The sticks are 3.5" long, and have been hollowed out with a rough hole going length-wise that is about 1/8" diameter. There is also a hole at the center of each stick that connects to the long hole, but that does not go all the way through. Each stick is attached to a 13" cord (1 ply z). The cords are made of torn strips of machine-woven beige cloth. There is a 1-inch loop tied at the ends opposite the sticks. The cords are fastened to the sticks by being threaded through the central hole, and then through one side of the longer hole extending the length of the stick.
Inventory Description
Toggles or handles, carved wood cylinders, perforated, withlooped cotton cord
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mohave
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Fiber cord, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 36.5 x 9 x 1.4 cm (14 3/8 x 3 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
10.093.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Edward Palmer
(March 1876 - 1876)
Collector
Peabody Museum Expedition
(March 1876 - 1876)
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