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Object Number 55-43-10/35239
Display Title Quiver
Descriptions
Object Description Rockpackers' equipment used in the Karok White Deerskin Dance.
Inventory Description Quiver, otter skin, abalone shell discs and dangles, woodpkr scalps, porc quills
Classification
  • Quiver
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Humboldt County / Weitchpec
Dimensions Overall: 138 x 19.5 x 7 cm (54 5/16 x 7 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55-43-10/35239 & 968
Provenance
Owner Mattie Jerry (1946)
Exchange participant Amerind Foundation, Inc. (1946 - 1955)

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