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Object Number
06-5-10/66947
Display Title
Hair Pins
Descriptions
Object Description
Hair pins. Poisoned and worn in hair to prevent scalping. Head scratcher?
Inventory Description
Case, skin, triangular, threaded suede strips, carved antler pins,flat pointed e
Classification
- Case
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Hupa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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California
Materials
Deerskin, Antler
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 12.2 x 0.9 cm (12 x 4 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1 case and 10 pins
Label on object
66947
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1906)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1906)
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