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Object Number
10-21-10/76621
Display Title
Deer horn purse
Descriptions
Object Description
Deer horn purse
Inventory Description
Box, carved antler, incised and pigmented geometric designs, slit perforation
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Materials
Deer antler
Dimensions
Overall: 8.6 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm (3 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
76621 & Karok / 924
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Carroll S. Hartman
(1910 - 1910)
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1910 - 1910)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1910 - 1910)
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