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Object Number 09-8-10/75088
Display Title Hair (?) ornament (bear teeth)
Descriptions
Object Description Hair (?) ornament (bear teeth), broken.
Inventory Description 2 large bear (?) teeth, strung on leather, one broken
Classification
  • Bone
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Plains Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana
Additional Geographic Terms Havre, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 9.1 x 1.6 x 2.4 cm (3 9/16 x 5/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 75088
Provenance
Collector Rev. J. W. Millar (1895-1900 - ?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (? - 1909)

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