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Elk horn money box
Object Number 05-7-10/64916
Display Title Elk horn money box
Descriptions
Object Description Elk horn money box
Inventory Description Box w/ lid, carved antler, cylindrical, slit perforation, pigmented, antler lid
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 1800's
Culture
  • Modoc?
  • Klamath?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Oregon
Additional Geographic Terms Oregon, Southwestern; Klamath River, Lower
Materials Leather, Pigment, Elk antler
Dimensions Overall: 16.2 x 6 x 4.4 cm (6 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 64916
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (05/01/1905)

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