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Blackfoot hair ornament. Braided horsehair w/ leather, beads, and metal ring.
Blackfoot hair ornament. Braided horsehair w/ leather, beads, and metal ring.
Object Number 985-27-10/60478
Display Title Blackfoot hair ornament. Braided horsehair w/ leather, beads, and metal ring.
Descriptions
Object Description Blackfoot hair ornament. Braided black horsehair w/ band of leather around it at each end. Leather is wrapped w/ seed beads in red and yellow tie at top strung w/ trade beads, brass beads and a metal ring. 85x1 cm.
Inventory Description Hair ornament, single braided black hair, beaded top and bottom, beads at top
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Blackfoot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Horsehair, Glass, Leather, Brass
Dimensions Overall: 86 x 1.1 x 1 cm (33 7/8 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/60478; 34308
Provenance
Collector William Radcliff Morris (1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (1930)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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