Object Details
- Collection History
- Used by George Gustav Heye and MAI staff during archaeological excavations in the early twentieth century; catalogued as part of the NMAI collections in 2003.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989
- Date created
- circa 1920
- Object Name
- Surveyor's stadia rod
- Media/Materials
- Wood, metal, paint
- Techniques
- Commercially produced/manufactured
- Dimensions
- 400 x 10.5 x 3 cm
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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