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Object Number
08-4-10/73310
Display Title
Obsidian pendants ('charms') from old skirts
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendants, obsidian, some wrapped with fiber cord/reed, 3 attached to leather cor
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
One mile above fork of Upper Klamath and Salmon River; Katimin
Materials
Obsidian
Dimensions
Overall: 6.7 x 1.9 x 1 cm (2 5/8 x 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
9
Label on object
73310
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Carroll S. Hartman
(1908)
Provenance
Grace A. Nicholson
(1908)
Donor
Donated by
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1908)
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