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Plate for elk hair headdress
Plate for elk hair headdress
Object Number 09-8-10/75089
Display Title Plate for elk hair headdress
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress ornament, incised and perforated bone, forked one end, broken
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Plains Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana
Additional Geographic Terms Havre, Vicinity of
Materials Bone, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 3.5 x 0.2 cm (4 15/16 x 1 3/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75089
Provenance
Collector Rev. J. W. Millar (1895-1900 - ?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (? - 1909)

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