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Object Number 08-4-10/73383
Display Title Abalone belt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, suede band, shell pendants, 1glass bead, perforated, sinew/fiber thread
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Klamath River
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 20.2 x 1.3 cm (16 3/4 x 7 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-4-10/73383
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1908)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1908)
Donor Donated by Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1908)

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