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Object Number
985-27-10/59570
Display Title
Blackfoot breast ornament. Commercial leather strips separated by beaded strip
Descriptions
Object Description
Blackfoot breast ornament. Strip of commercial leather on each side. Ten beadwrapped strips of hide run between them. Beads are light blue, blue and orange. Native tanned hide fringe hanging down sides and covered w/ red pigment. 43.2x34 cm.
Inventory Description
Breast ornament, 10 corded blue and orange strands on red dyed leather fringe
Classification
- Breast ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Blackfoot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Montana?
Materials
Leather, Glass, Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 61 x 35 x 1.2 cm (24 x 13 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1 and bag of beaded fragments
Label on object
985-27-10/59570
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
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