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Carter No.: 135s

Handlist description: Stick with forked bottom

Card/Transcription No.: 135s


135 (s) Stick with forked bottom.

<> .5 21.5 26 159.5 161.8 171.9 3.5

Diam. at top 1.4, at bottom 1.2 Diam. of forks .7 Same wood as (q) Stick and fork in one piece, i.e. either a natural fork, or else cut from a plank. At handle end a rounded piece of ebony, .5 wide, pegged on from the top with a round peg of original wood.

No bark decoration. Between 21.5 & 26 a cartouche, incised and filled with blue paint. <>

Washed with water. Fastened in loose stud with celluloid cement

Card no. 135s relating to Carter no. 135s
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