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Headdress, deer head skin/fur
Object Number 06-5-10/66945
Display Title Headdress, deer head skin/fur
Descriptions
Object Description Headdress. Deer skin head piece.
Inventory Description Head ornament, deer head skin/fur, eye holes sewn shut, suede strap with pigment
Classification
  • Hair ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Hupa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Skin, Fur, Deerskin
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 15 x 3.4 cm (11 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66945
Provenance
Provenance Canyon Tom (prior to 1906)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1905-1906 - 1906)
Dealer Dick Baldie
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1906)

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