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Object Number 10-21-10/76594
Display Title Elk horn purse
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, carved antler, incised grooves at ends, polished, ovate slit perforation
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Redwood Yuki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Trinity River
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 3 x 3.9 cm (4 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76594
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1910 - 1910)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1910 - 1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910 - 1910)

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