Cast: memory aid, form of pictographic writing of a song

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Object Number 71-7-10/2841

Display Title Cast: memory aid, form of pictographic writing of a song

Descriptions

Object Description Cast/ Song; engraved on wood made by Winnebagues. Cast: memory aid, form of pictographic writing of a song

Inventory Description Cast, plaster, incised pictograph design, flat, rectangular, pointed 1 end, chip

Classification

Casting

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Winnebago

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America

Materials Plaster, Paint

Dimensions Overall: 48.8 x 7.1 x 1.5 cm (19 3/16 x 2 13/16 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2841

Provenance

Collector Dr. Eliot H. Davis (1871)

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