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Object Number 10-21-10/76603
Display Title Brush Dance cap
Descriptions
Object Description Brush dance cap worn by medicine boy.
Inventory Description Hat, leather chin straps/fringe, fur band, feather, pigment and deer hair deco
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 24.3 x 25.6 x 4.2 cm (9 9/16 x 10 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76603
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1910 - 1910)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1910 - 1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910 - 1910)

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