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Object Number
08-4-10/72820
Display Title
Amulet, fossil shell
Descriptions
Object Description
Amulet, fossil shell
Inventory Description
Amulet, large fossil covered with beaded leather, leather and multi bead fringe
Classification
- Amulet
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux?
- Crow?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Fossil, Glass, Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 31.4 x 16.3 x 3.6 cm (12 3/8 x 6 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
72820
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(?)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(June, 1908)
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