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Object Number 10-21-10/76620
Display Title Elkhorn purse
Descriptions
Object Description Elkhorn Purse to hold shell money
Inventory Description Box, carved antler section, hollowed, slit perforation, incised/pigmented design
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
  • Tolowa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Corner, California
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 6.2 x 4 cm (6 x 2 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76620 & 76620 / Karok / [No. 923]
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1910 - 1910)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1910 - 1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910 - 1910)

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