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Object Number
985-27-10/60467
Display Title
Sioux hair ornament. Portion of a horsetail attached to lazystitch beaded leathe
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux hair ornament. Portion of a horsetail attached to lazystitch beaded leather strip. Beads in white, red, yellow and blue. Piece of cloth at top. 3 quilled tassles hang off bottom of leather w/ tinklers and horsehair tuffs at end. 54x1.6 cm.
Inventory Description
Ornament, horsehair attached to beaded leather strip, quill, tinkler, hair exte
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 57 x 3 x 1.3 cm (22 7/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60467, 34075
Provenance
Provenance
Chief Big Mouth
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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