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Head ornament, porcupine and elk hair
Head ornament, porcupine and elk hair
Object Number 08-4-10/72804
Display Title Head ornament, porcupine and elk hair
Descriptions
Object Description Head ornament, porcupine and elk hair
Inventory Description Headdress, roach, porcupine and deer tail connected onto embroidered foot
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cheyenne?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Deer tail, Porcupine
Dimensions Overall: 45.7 x 15.3 x 4.6 cm (18 x 6 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72804
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (June, 1908)

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Media Restricted
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Raw Material
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