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Object Number
06-5-10/66341
Display Title
Unfinished dance headdress
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
cher-wer-ner
Object Description
Unfinished dance headdress. Used in jamp dance and deerskin dance. See Finished Specimen 66337.
Inventory Description
Unclassified woven textile, fringed at one end, slightly tapered at other end
Classification
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
/
Humboldt County
/
Weitchpec
Materials
Cotton fabric
Dimensions
Overall: 74.4 x 34.4 x 0.5 cm (29 5/16 x 13 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
66341
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1906 - 1906)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1906 - 1906)
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