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Object Number
05-7-10/65543
Display Title
Shell ornament
Descriptions
Object Description
Shell ornament made of xerophyllum
Inventory Description
Ornament, leather band and grass-wrapped fringe, braided ends, shell decoration
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Wailaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest corner, California
Materials
Shell, Grass, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 17.2 x 14 x 2.6 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
05-7-10/65543 & 65543
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(01/01/1905)
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