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Object Number
45-25-10/28681
Display Title
Deer skin armband
Descriptions
Object Description
Deer skin armband worn by Snake Priest in Snake Dance of 1891 at Walpi. Surface of hide has hair still on one surface, painted red, with wool strings on either end.
Inventory Description
Ornament, strip of fur, with red-brown pigmented hide fringe, cotton ties
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 44.5 x 10 cm (17 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28681 & POISON & 3541
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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