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Leather arm band with colorful quillwork, fringe with seed pods?; written in ink on the leather "6410"
Leather arm band with colorful quillwork, fringe with seed pods?; written in ink on the leather "6410"
Object Number 2011.16.101
Display Title Leather arm band with colorful quillwork, fringe with seed pods?; written in ink on the leather "6410"
Descriptions
Inventory Description Arm band, quill wrapped leather strips, purple, white, green, black, fringe with seed pods, leather ties
Classification
  • Armband
Department Ethnographic
Date 1978 or earlier
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Leather Porcupine quill Dye Seed pod?
Dimensions Overall: 8.1 x 9.5 x 1.3 cm (3 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.16.101; 6410
Credit Line Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Collector Dr. Paul R. Lurie (1978-)
Collector Barbara Lurie (1978-2011)
Donor Donated by Dr. Paul R. Lurie (6/27/2011)

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