Tongs

Museum number:
2-10397
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Carved out of one cylindrical piece of wood, split down 2/3 of length with 1 cm width of wood removed along split, 2 cm diameter split end splayed apart; bark removed from ends of split end.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1919
Context of use:
For picking cactus fruit.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 35 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tongs, accession number 2-10397, described as Carved out of one cylindrical piece of wood, split down 2/3 of length with 1 cm width of wood removed along split, 2 cm diameter split end splayed apart; bark removed from ends of split end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tongs, accession number 2-10397, described as Carved out of one cylindrical piece of wood, split down 2/3 of length with 1 cm width of wood removed along split, 2 cm diameter split end splayed apart; bark removed from ends of split end.

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