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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 / 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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