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Object Number 14-27-10/85885
Display Title Shaman's bear claw crown
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, bear claws, leather headband, sinew cord with red yarn
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nishga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 28 x 29.9 cm (3 1/8 x 11 x 11 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85885
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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