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Object Number
88-51-10/50714
Display Title
Elkhorn money box and six pieces of money (dentalium)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Box, worked antler, tubular, curved, incised and pigmented, slit opening at top
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hupa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
Hooper Valley
Materials
Antler, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 14.1 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm (5 9/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50714
Provenance
Collector
Susan C. Powers, PhD
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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