Pueblo Indian | Hopi Rasp

Namerasp

DateUnknown

Mediumwood, paint, string, plant fiber

DimensionsOverall: 19 7/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 3/8 in. (49.3 x 6.2 x 3.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Zama May

CulturePueblo Indian | Hopi

Object numberA1996-1-88

ClassificationsMay Collection

DescriptionHand carved; elongated thick paddle, rounded at handle end, then flattening and widening to terraced notch at far end; underside plain with upper side notched horizontally from handle to end; handle painted white and wrapped with white cotton string, and having small fir twig inserted under string; remainder of rasp painted red with notched areas painted green; possible stylized figure element incised on underside near catalog number, difficult to determine what is represented.

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