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Object Number 05-7-10/64920
Display Title Pair of scalp lock pendants
Descriptions
Inventory Description Round glass metal beads, cylindrical shell, seed resin and shell beads attached
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Modoc
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Oregon
Dimensions Overall: 40 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm (15 3/4 x 11/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 64920
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (Unknown)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (05/01/1905)

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