Charm to keep off disease

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Object Number 05-7-10/65540

Display Title Charm to keep off disease

Descriptions

Inventory Description Ornament, sticks wounds with reeds, cruciform and diamond pattern, tied with sin

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Wailaki

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / California

Additional Geographic Terms Northwest corner, California

Materials Wood, Reed, Sinew

Dimensions Overall: 25.3 x 25.3 x 1.4 cm (9 15/16 x 9 15/16 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 65540

Provenance

Collector Grace A. Nicholson

Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1905)

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