Measuring stick and gauge

Museum number:
2-30862a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.1476
Description:
(a) Small cedar stick. (b) Small cedar stick.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver Island; Victoria
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1961
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
(a) Used as a measure. (b) Used for guaging angle of corner kerfing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 4.25 inches and (a)— width 0.75 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Measuring stick and gauge, accession number 2-30862a,b, described as (a) Small cedar stick. (b) Small cedar stick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Measuring stick and gauge, accession number 2-30862a,b, described as (a) Small cedar stick. (b) Small cedar stick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Measuring stick and gauge, accession number 2-30862a,b, described as (a) Small cedar stick. (b) Small cedar stick.

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