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Object Number 14-27-10/85694
Display Title Shaman's swan quill head ornaments
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornaments, quills, arranged like fans, yarn fringe, tied together through quills
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Skeena River, Upper
Dimensions Overall: 35.2 x 8.4 x 0.8 cm (13 7/8 x 3 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 14-27-10/85694
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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