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Fish net
Object Number 08-4-10/73000
Display Title Fish net
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fiber fishing net, fine twisted fiber string, feather ornament.
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maidu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Plumas County / Quincy
Additional Geographic Terms American Valley; East-Central California
Materials Fiber, Feather
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 31.5 x 4.5 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (?)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (June 1908)

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