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Man's dance skirt
Object Number 04-28-10/63499
Display Title Man's dance skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Feather skirt, burlap backing, feathers sewn on in layers, string tie
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Redwood Yuki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Feather
Dimensions Overall: 74 x 73 x 3.3 cm (29 1/8 x 28 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. P. M. Jones (1904 - 1904)
Intermediary Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904 - 1904)

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