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Object Number
2004.33.1
Display Title
Bovine tooth necklace
Descriptions
Object Description
Bovine tooth necklace with yellow trade beads, 92 teeth painted or stained with orange pigment on their roots and a rawhide thong. Teeth are perforated for stranding and alternate with the glass beads for the length of the necklace. Some teeth are chipped and broken, and an additional six fragments and two teeth are detached and present with the ensemble.
Inventory Description
Necklace, cow teeth and yellow beads, one green and two blue beads also
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1880
Culture
- Early Reservation Period
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Northern Plains
Dimensions
Overall: 53.5 x 13.5 x 1 cm (21 1/16 x 5 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2004.33.1
Credit Line
Gift of Putnam Ballou McDowell A. B. 1946
Provenance
Owner
Latimer Willis Ballou
(1954)
Owner
Barbara Bamford Ballou
(1954 - 1954)
Collector
William Henry Bisbee
Donor
Putnam B. McDowell
(1954 - 11/17/04)
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