Ear or hair ornament

Museum number:
1-7494
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2902 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Ear or hair ornament of woodpecker feathers.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Hoopa Valley
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ear ornaments
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: Collector's field catalogue #2902 calls for "Mink-skin hair ties" which have been found and numbered 1-902 A, B; this may be part of the same outfit.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ear or hair ornament, accession number 1-7494, described as Ear or hair ornament of woodpecker feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ear or hair ornament, accession number 1-7494, described as Ear or hair ornament of woodpecker feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ear or hair ornament, accession number 1-7494, described as Ear or hair ornament of woodpecker feathers.

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