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Object Number
08-4-10/73329
Display Title
Feathers, ornamental, pink & blue pigment
Descriptions
Object Description
Feathers, ornamental, pink & blue pigment. Used in war dance and brush dance. Some maybe used in Ghost Dance.
Inventory Description
Feathers, modified, pink/blue pigment, tufts of feathers at base, sinew, leath
Classification
- Adornment
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
/
Siskiyou County
Additional Geographic Terms
Upper Klamath River; near Somes Bar
Materials
Plant stem, Fiber, Suede, Sinew, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 62 x 31.8 x 1.9 cm (24 7/16 x 12 1/2 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
39
Label on object
73329
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Carroll S. Hartman
(1908)
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1908)
Owner
Little Ike
(1908)
Donor
Donated by
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Raw Material
Adornment |
California
| |
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Special
|
Mexico
| |
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Ornament
|
Sanke Doek
| |
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Percussion
|
United States
| |
| 08-4-10/73329.1 | Rolled case |
Case
| ||
| 55-43-10/35242 | Feather Plumes |
Communication artifacts
|
Weitchpec
| |
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Accessory
|
Arizona
| |
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Headdress
|
California
| |
| 39-17-70/1217 | Bird of paradise feathers - used as decoration for dances |
Feather
|
Sanke Doek
| |
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Feather
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 18-20-70/D1175 | Feather cap, knitted base with cassowary feathers at top, used in + |
Hat
|
New Britain
| |
| 40-39-30/2138 | Headdress - blue, red, yellow feathers mounted on circular piece of + |
Feather
|
South America
|