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Knocking sticks

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Description:
One of a pair used to harvest wild rice, and HANKS is marked on the wider end in green. See also stick 10000.814 B. Sticks or knockers are used to knock the wild rice grains off the plant and into the canoe or boat during the harvesting process.
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