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Object Number
985-27-10/60469
Display Title
Plains quilled ornament. Made from buckskin wrapped w/ quills. Tin tinkler w/ dy
Descriptions
Object Description
Plains quilled ornament. Made from buckskin wrapped w/ quills. Tin tinkler w/ dyed red horsehair at end of 4 strips of leather. Loop at top for suspension. 36x4 cm.
Inventory Description
Ornament, two strands of leather wrapped with red quill, tinklers, horsehair
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 33.5 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (13 3/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60469
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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