Deer horn purse

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Object Number 10-21-10/76621

Display Title Deer horn purse

Descriptions

Object Description Deer horn purse

Inventory Description Box, carved antler, incised and pigmented geometric designs, slit perforation

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Karuk

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / California

Materials Deer antler

Dimensions Overall: 8.6 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm (3 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 76621 & Karok / 924

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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