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Object Number
985-27-10/60484
Display Title
Teton Sioux dance bustle. Rawhide base. 2 streamers made from a blanket w/ eagle
Descriptions
Object Description
Teton Sioux dance bustle. Rawhide base. 2 streamers made from a blanket w/ eagle feathers attached. In center bunches of hair and eagle feathers attached. Quilled rawhide strip in yellow and purple. Dyed fluffy feathers and ribbons. Mirror in center in rosette of dyed red feathers. 10.5x42 cm.
Inventory Description
Bustle, feathers attached to leather base, fabric, quill and mirror decorations
Classification
- Bustle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Teton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 108 x 39 x 8 cm (42 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60484; 34134
Provenance
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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