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Nose pin of single dentalium shell with three small feathers of waxwing mounted at the thick end.
Nose pin of single dentalium shell with three small feathers of waxwing mounted at the thick end.
Object Number 15-36-10/86437
Display Title Nose pin of single dentalium shell with three small feathers of waxwing mounted at the thick end.
Descriptions
Object Description Nose pin of single dentalium shell with three small feathers of waxwing mounted at the thick end.
Inventory Description Ornament, worked dentalium shell, 3 small brown and pink feathers at one end
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 6.4 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (2 1/2 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86437
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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