Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1924 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Western Archaic (attributed)
- Expedition
- Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition (1924-1927)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Date created
- 400 BC–AD 1 (Middle Archaic period)
- Object Name
- Decoy
- Media/Materials
- Rush/rushes, paint
- Techniques
- Folded, twined, wrapped, painted
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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