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Object Number 08-4-10/73364
Display Title Dance cap for Brush Dance
Descriptions
Object Description Dance cap for Brush Dance. Worn by medicine boy.
Inventory Description Hat
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest California, Upper Klamath River
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 15 x 19 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1908)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1908)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (June 1908)

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