Hair-parting stick

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Culture/People: Kiowa
MAI agent: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased from a store in Anadarko, Oklahoma, by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) in 1914 during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Oklahoma; USA

See related items: Kiowa; Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 3/6494
Barcode: 036494.000

Object Type: Personal items

Object Name: Hair-parting stick
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Carved
Dimensions: 37 x 2 x 2 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6cf9de1b6-611c-4f38-bf8d-c354148c69e7

Record ID: NMAI_38995