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Object Number
985-27-10/59453
Display Title
Blackfoot hair pipe breastplate.
Descriptions
Object Description
Blackfoot hair pipe breastplate. 2 vertical sections of 27 rows of bone hair pipes. Strip of rawhide down each side and 1 down center separating sections. Each row strung w/ cloth strips. 1 red glass bead between hair pipe and center. Strip and a brass bead at end of each row. 54.5x27.4 cm.
Inventory Description
Breast ornament, 2 rows hair pipe attached to leather, clock part at center
Classification
- Breast ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Blackfoot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 54.2 x 28 x 1.3 cm (21 5/16 x 11 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59453
Provenance
Owner
Black Weazle
(? - ?)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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