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Object Number
11-60-10/84003
Display Title
Dance Charms
Descriptions
Object Description
Deer Skin Dance charms. 2 rare deer heads. May have been used in doctoring.
Inventory Description
Ornaments, fawn head, neck skin, grass stuffed, tied at end of neck w/ leather
Classification
- Ornament
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
/
Del Norte County
Additional Geographic Terms
General; Klamath River region
Materials
Skin, Grass, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 26.2 x 7.1 x 5.3 cm (10 5/16 x 2 13/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
84003
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1911 - 1911)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1911)
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