Digging Stick

Unidentified Chimú maker

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Pre-Columbian

Wood

Overall: 55 7/8 × 4 15/16 × 1 9/16 in. (142 × 12.5 × 4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from Ralph C. Altman, Los Angeles, California

55.20.13263

Geography

Place Made: Chan Chan, North Coast Region, Peru, South America

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Agricultural

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967), Los Angeles, California; by exchange (#101) to present collection, 1955.

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