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Woman's narrow head band of musquash skin lined with buckskin.
Woman's narrow head band of musquash skin lined with buckskin.
Object Number 15-36-10/86595
Display Title Woman's narrow head band of musquash skin lined with buckskin.
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's narrow head band of musquash skin lined with buckskin.
Inventory Description Headband, buckskin, fringed at bottom, fringed straps, bird wing attached to front.
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Buckskin, Feather, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 22 x 0.2 cm (11 x 8 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86595
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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