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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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