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Object Number
11-60-10/84032
Display Title
Hair ornament, elk horn
Descriptions
Object Description
Hair ornament, elk horn
Inventory Description
Bone hair comb ornament, incised, openwork design, 3 prongs.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Fox
- Sauk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Nebraska
Additional Geographic Terms
Beckman B
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 20.7 x 4.5 x 0.5 cm (8 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
84032
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1911)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1911)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47-73-70/2786 | Hair ornament resembling comb |
Comb
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 08-4-10/72805 | Head ornament, porcupine and elk hair |
Shaft, modified
Headdress Raw Material |
United States
| |
| 08-4-10/72804 | Head ornament, porcupine and elk hair |
Headdress
|
United States
| |
| 985-27-10/59318 | Elk horn hide scraper. Elk antler tine carved to form L-shape. Piece of metal ha |
Scraper
|
Nebraska
| |
| 10-21-10/76595 | Elk horn purse |
Box
|
Humboldt County
| |
| 09-8-10/75089 | Plate for elk hair headdress |
Accessory
|
Montana
| |
| 29-43-50/B4783 | Bone hair ornament ? - incised decoration, 3 teeth |
Comb
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4783.1 | Bone hair ornament ? - incised decoration, 3 teeth |
Comb
|
Africa
| |
| 46-82-10/27866 | Hide pouch (elk skin?) and horn (buffalo?) |
Pouch
|
United States
| |
| 29-5-10/A6424 | Split elk horn |
Horn
Raw Material |
Site 13; Moccasin Cave
| |
| 92-1-10/47796 | Elk-horn wedge |
Tools
|
Idaho
| |
| 985-27-10/60224A | Elk tooth, drilled |
Ornament
|
United States
|