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Plume sticks
Object Number 05-7-10/65552
Display Title Plume sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, 2 worked sticks, decorated with feathers, red quill, and shell, wrapp
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wailaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Wood, Feather, Quill, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 41.6 x 8.7 x 1.2 cm (16 3/8 x 3 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65552
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1905)

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