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Object Number
53-47-30/7531
Display Title
Fur? headdress for medicine man
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Hat or headdress (?) of animal fur, possibly deer
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca 1940s-1950s
Culture
- Makuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Pirá-Paraná; Comisaria del Vaupes
Materials
Fur
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 24 x 7 cm (10 1/4 x 9 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
7531
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
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