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Object Number
46-78-10/28073
Display Title
Grass Skirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Skirt of woven grass and brown seeds. Also a few beads.
Inventory Description
Skirt, fabric waistband, pinon nuts on grass-wrapped fringe, blue glass beads
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
California, north
Materials
Pine nut, Cotton fabric, Grass, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 52 x 37 x 4.8 cm (20 1/2 x 14 9/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-78-10/28073
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Ernest T. Jackson
(01/01/1880-01/01/1900)
Donor
Mr. Patrick T. Jackson
(11/27/1946)
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