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Object Number
08-4-10/73150
Display Title
Head Scratcher or Bone Charm
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Mitl-ch'ixosow
Object Description
Head scratcher or bone charm. Bone worn suspended from neck of girls at puberty period and for dressing hair.
Inventory Description
Pendant, worked bone, 1 end perforated, slightly concave, oval, highly polished
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hupa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 10.4 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
73150
Provenance
Provenance
Ellen
(1908)
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1898)
Collector
Mr. Carroll S. Hartman
(1898)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(06/1908)
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