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Hair ornament
Object Number 09-8-10/75087
Display Title Hair ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Oval shaped feathers, bundled with sinew and leather
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Plains Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana
Additional Geographic Terms Havre, Vicinity of
Materials Leather, Feather, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 9.4 x 1.8 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75087
Provenance
Collector Rev. J. W. Millar (1895-1900 - ?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (? - 1909)

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