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Object Number
88-51-10/50322
Display Title
Head dress made from skin of loon
Descriptions
Object Description
Head dress made from skin of loon
Inventory Description
Loon head, neck, wings attached with sinew cord
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Kotzebue Sound
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kotzebue Sound
Materials
Common loon skin , Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 66.7 x 10.5 x 4.4 cm (26 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50322\loon fetish\B9:121:U\General
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1880)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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