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Object Number 39-30-10/18244
Display Title Pair of buffalo horns - ornaments
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of buffalo horns - ornaments
Inventory Description Pair of horns, hollow, black, 4 perforations, leather ties
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Horn, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 4.5 x 4.9 cm (6 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-30-10/18244
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (1939)

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