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Wooden ball fastened to wooden cup for catching ball
Wooden ball fastened to wooden cup for catching ball
Object Number 24-48-60/D2167
Display Title Wooden ball fastened to wooden cup for catching ball
Descriptions
Inventory Description Toy, carved wooden cone, wood ball attached with string
Classification
  • Toy
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yakut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Materials Wood, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 6.6 x 3.2 x 3.3 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2167
Provenance
Collector Frederick Alexander
Owner Museum fur Tierkunde und Volkerkunde

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