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Snow snake - bone (one feather mounted on stick)
Snow snake - bone (one feather mounted on stick)
Object Number 39-30-10/18236
Display Title Snow snake - bone (one feather mounted on stick)
Descriptions
Object Description Snow snake - bone (one feather mounted on stick)
Inventory Description Two feathers attached to wood handle with sinew, incised and perforated bone
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Bone, Feather, Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm (19 11/16 x 2 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 39-30-10/18236
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (1939)

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