Cactus Pickers

22567

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22567
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden stick split at one end and carved out to form a tool similar to tongs. The jaws or gripping portion of the picker is thinned and smoothed. The cavity between the jaws is distinctly rectangular.

Length 23.9 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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