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Porcupine tail hair brush
Porcupine tail hair brush
Object Number 08-4-10/72808
Display Title Porcupine tail hair brush
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bush, porcupine tail with pink pony beads at center and handle
Classification
  • Brush
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cheyenne?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Porcupine tail, Wood, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm (9 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72808
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (June, 1908)

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