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Wood soup paddle with zig zag ink design on tip near blue dyed leather tie / Louis Fish

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A wooden paddle for stirring a large cooking pot. The paddle has a notch in the handle end which is fitted with a length of blue commercial leather for hanging. The very edge of the handle has zig zag markings in black ink. The paddle end is flat, not cupped like a spoon.

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Title(s): 
Wood soup paddle with zig zag ink design on tip near blue dyed leather tie
Creator(s): 
Louis Fish (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Muscogee (Creek)
Date: 
1999
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, hide, ink, dye
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Soup Paddle
Accession No: 
82.187
Previous Number(s): 
TL1999.42.1
Department: 
Anthropology
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