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Woman's hair ribbon of buckskin covered with marmot skin and beads.
Woman's hair ribbon of buckskin covered with marmot skin and beads.
Object Number 15-36-10/86647
Display Title Woman's hair ribbon of buckskin covered with marmot skin and beads.
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's hair ribon of buckskin covered with marmot skin. Entirely covered with beads.
Inventory Description Hair ties, leather with polychrome glass bead decoration, fur.
Classification
  • Hair ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Leather Marmot hide Glass beads
Dimensions Overall: 12.9 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm (5 1/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 86647
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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