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Object Number 07-22-10/72172
Display Title Widow's Cap
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Apxaan (Lang 1993/94: 40).
Inventory Description Basketry cap, polychrome geometric design on exterior.
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 07-22-10/72172
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1907)
Donor Donated by Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1907)

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