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Head dress of eagle wings, lynx and wolf fur.
Head dress of eagle wings, lynx and wolf fur.
Object Number 15-36-10/86603
Display Title Head dress of eagle wings, lynx and wolf fur.
Descriptions
Object Description Headdress of buckskin set with eagle wings at the sides.
Inventory Description Headdress, oblong, buckskin w/ eagle wings, lynx fur/claws w/ dried grass.
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Buckskin, Eagle feather, Animal fur, Animal claw, Grass, Glass, Yarn, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 66.5 x 27 cm (12 5/8 x 26 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86603
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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