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Object Number
11-60-10/83997
Display Title
Plume
Descriptions
Object Description
Plume. One of a Pair worn in the hair at dance. The red feathers are woodpecker feather; bluish things are mallard; fuzzy stuff is fish hawk; deer belley.
Inventory Description
Ornament, wood sticks decorated with red/blue feathers and white animal hair, ti
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Materials
Feather, Wood?, Reed?, Hide, Animal hair
Dimensions
Overall: 65.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm (25 13/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83997
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1911 - 1911)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1911 - 1911)
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Tucano?
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| 35-25-30/1024 | Pair of nose plumes for men |
Nose ornament
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Tucano?
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| 35-25-30/1017 | Pair of ear plumes |
Earring
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Tucano?
| |
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Ornament
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Ornament
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| |
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Ornament
|
Sanke Doek
| |
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Headdress
|
Burma
| |
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Unclassified
|
California
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