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Object Number 55-43-10/35242
Display Title Feather Plumes
Descriptions
Object Description Feather plumes with feather tassels. Used in the Karok White Deerskin Dance or brush dance.
Inventory Description 2 sticks carved sticked, feather plumes eagle?) attached with sinnew
Classification
  • Communication artifacts
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Humboldt County / Weitchpec
Materials Feather, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 59 x 9 x 4 cm (23 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 55-43-10/35242
Provenance
Owner Mattie Jerry (1946)
Exchange participant Amerind Foundation, Inc. (1946 - 1955)

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