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Object Number
993-20-10/71134A
Display Title
Hair Bun Decoration
Descriptions
Object Description
Hair bun decoration with pin. Decoration leather-backed circular "sunburst" design in glass seed beads, yellow and transluscent green with orange core. Pin of wood with beaded head in glass seed beads, same colors. Decoration: 13 x 7 cm (carved). Pin: 11.6 cm x 1.3 cm max. dia. (at head).
Inventory Description
Hair ornament, wht leather backing, tri-partite sunburst design, 2 perfs.
Classification
- Hair ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Late 20th century
Culture
- Choctaw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Mississippi
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Leake County
/
Carthage
Materials
Leather, Glass, Bead, Glass, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 9.1 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
993-20-10/71134A/ 35.00
Provenance
Collector
Rose Bryan
(06/01/1993)
Collector
Kenneth H. Carleton
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