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Image Not Available for Charm; feathers, birds' and crab's claws
Charm; feathers, birds' and crab's claws
Image Not Available for Charm; feathers, birds' and crab's claws
Object Number 69-30-10/2074
Display Title Charm; feathers, birds' and crab's claws
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867-1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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