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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?
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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