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Object Number 15-36-10/86381
Display Title Pubescent girl's head band of elaegnus bark.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ring of loosely wrapped bark strands.
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 20 x 3.1 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86381
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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Mat
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Mask
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Mat
British Columbia
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Basket
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British Columbia
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Bag
British Columbia
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Pouch
British Columbia
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British Columbia
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Woodwind
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