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Elkhorn money box and six pieces of money (dentalium)
Elkhorn money box and six pieces of money (dentalium)
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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