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Object Number 99-12-70/53499
Display Title Wooden implement, carved handle: wearing peg
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, carved, incised wood, cylindrical handle, carved face, smooth, pointed end
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Additional Geographic Terms Bay of Islands District?
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 4 x 5 cm (18 1/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53499
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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