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Object Number 15-36-10/86604
Display Title 'Poncho' of buckskin trimmed with owl feathers. Horned owl skins sewn on back.
Descriptions
Object Description 'Poncho' of buckskin trimmed with owl feathers. Horned owl skins sewn on back.
Inventory Description Bird 'poncho', leather strips with hole for neck, 2 owls sewn on either side.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Outerwear
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 130 x 69 cm (51 3/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86604
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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