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Object Number 2004.33.11.1
Display Title Breastplate elements, four bone tubes tapered at ends, seven metal beads
Descriptions
Object Description Sioux-style men's horizontal breastplate with 43 bone hairpipes on each side, a pair of brass beads at the end of each hairpipe; red-painted parfleche rawhide foundation; blue trade beads. Four hairpipes and seven brass beads have become detached and are with the breastplate.
Inventory Description Breastplate elements, four bone tubes tapered at ends, seven metal beads
Classification
  • Breastplate
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Central Plains
Dimensions Overall: 10.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (4 5/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 2004.33.11.1
Provenance
Owner Barbara Bamford Ballou (1954 - 1954)
Owner Latimer Willis Ballou (1954)
Collector William Henry Bisbee
Donor Putnam B. McDowell (1954 - 11/17/04)

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