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Man's wide head band made of musquash, squirrel, and ermine fur as well as hawk and flicker feathers.
Man's wide head band made of musquash, squirrel, and ermine fur as well as hawk and flicker feathers.
Object Number 15-36-10/86592
Display Title Man's wide head band made of musquash, squirrel, and ermine fur as well as hawk and flicker feathers.
Descriptions
Object Description Man's wide head band made of musquash, squirrel, and ermine fur as well as hawk and flicker feathers.
Inventory Description Headband, animal fur, ermine, bird feathers, 9 strips of hanging fur.
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 62 x 28 x 12 cm (24 7/16 x 11 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86592
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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