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Object Number
05-7-10/64518
Display Title
White feathers for headdress
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Cha-le-lah
Object Description
White feathers for headdress stuck in net and called "Cha-le-lah"
Inventory Description
Ornament, white feathers, two attached to pointed wood shaft with string
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Miwok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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California
/
Calaveras County
Additional Geographic Terms
West Point, near
Materials
Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 36.5 x 10 x 0.7 cm (14 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
64518
Provenance
Owner
Capt. Eph Cummings
(? - 1905)
Collector
E. L. McLeod
(1905 - 1905)
Dealer
Grace A. Nicholson
(1904 - 1905)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1905)
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