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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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