Scratching stick

Museum number:
2-14780
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Accession number:
Acc.500BE
Description:
Scratching stick; made of creosote, bush wood.
Donor:
Robert Harry Lowie
Collection place:
Moapa, Clark County, Nevada
Culture or time period:
Moapa Paiute
Collector:
Isabel T. Kelly
Collection date:
1933
Materials:
Creosote
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
July 10, 1933
Context of use:
Used during menstrual periods only.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scratching stick, accession number 2-14780, described as Scratching stick; made of creosote, bush wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scratching stick, accession number 2-14780, described as Scratching stick; made of creosote, bush wood.

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