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Caleah dance skirt worn around the body at the back
Object Number 05-7-10/64513
Display Title Caleah dance skirt worn around the body at the back
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Med-tic-lah or Tour-li-gou
Inventory Description Feather skirt, feathers attached to string net.
Classification
  • Skirt
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Miwok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Calaveras County
Additional Geographic Terms West Point, near
Materials Feather
Dimensions Overall: 100 x 75.5 cm (39 3/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Lewis H. Farlow, 1905
Provenance
Owner Capt. Eph Cummings (? - 1905)
Collector E. L. McLeod (1905 - 1905)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (? - 1905)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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