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Object Number 08-4-10/73342
Display Title Dance stick
Descriptions
Object Description Dance stick made for last big Brush Dance or War Dance circa 1903
Inventory Description Stick, carved wood, stone point attached at one end, feather extensions, cordage
Classification
  • Special
Department Ethnographic
Date 1903
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Upper Klamath River
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 5 x 8 cm (20 7/8 x 1 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1908)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1908)
Donor Donated by Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow

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