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Ring for throwing game. Iron wrapped with buckskin thong.
Ring for throwing game. Iron wrapped with buckskin thong.
Object Number 15-36-10/86419
Display Title Ring for throwing game. Iron wrapped with buckskin thong.
Descriptions
Object Description Ring for throwing game. Iron wrapped with buckskin thong. 4 beads attached to inside.
Inventory Description Ornament, medium-sized ring wrapped in buckskin, 4 glass beads attached to inside.
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Buckskin, Bead
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86419
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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