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Object Number 2013.22.2
Display Title Hair pin with three star cut-outs, silver
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hair pin, silver is partially oxidized, hair pin is made of two tynes connected by a crescent shape, the crescent is decorated with three cut-out five pointed stars, pins of this type were worn by both men and women during peyote ceremonies, star symbol is associated with the Native American Church, marked 925
Classification
  • Hair ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Plains Indian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Plains
Dimensions Overall: 10 × 3 × 0.2 cm (3 15/16 × 1 3/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.22.2
Provenance
Owner Earl W. Duncan (c. 1983-2013)
Seller Earl W. Duncan (c. 1983-2013)
Agent Dr. Castle McLaughlin (8/2013)

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