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Curatorial Remarks

This wooden utensil is a pounding tool or pot stirrer. The metal loop was used for hanging on a hook of some kind. This utensil could have been used in a contemporary American style kitchen or in a traditional cookhouse. This most likely came from an Osage cookhouse.

Tags: used, Worn, wood, pounding tool, pot stirrer, metal loop, utensil
People: Native American
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Wooden utensil with metal loop attached to end
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
metal, wood
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Utensil
Accession No: 
73.111
Previous Number(s): 
7326.111
Department: 
Anthropology
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