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Object Number 08-8-10/72889
Display Title Bone ear ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, bone, incised and pigmented with diamond shape figures, cracked
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • California
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm (6 5/16 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72889
Provenance
Donor Lt. Selim E. Woodworth (1880 - 1908)

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