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Object Number 05-7-10/65550
Display Title Feather bunch
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, red, black and white fabric w/ abalone shells, feather plume attached
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wailaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 144 x 16 cm (56 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65550
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1905)

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