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Object Number 69-30-10/2076
Display Title Charm; bones, beak, skin, etc.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adornment, bark rope, worked animal bones and claws, feathers, animal carcasses
Classification
  • Adornment
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 59.7 x 31.5 x 6.3 cm (23 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-30-10/2076
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867 - 1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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