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Object Number
985-27-10/60107
Display Title
Hair ornament
Descriptions
Object Description
Teton Sioux scalp w/ ornament. Long black hair. Leather thong loop at top strung w/ red glass trade beads and a round mirror in the center. Attached to skin of scalp is triangular piece of leather covered w/ glass seed beads. 2 quilled tassles w/ tinklers at end. 94.9x11.2 cm.
Organic material at the base of hair. Visual inspection suggests a piece of hide with horse hair (hide and hair are in one piece).
Inventory Description
Hair ornament, beaded and quilled with tinklers
Classification
- Adornment
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th Century
Culture
- Teton?
- Brule Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 93.2 x 8.6 x 0.7 cm (36 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
4
Provenance
Provenance
White Wash His Face
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60155 | War Shirt |
Shirt
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 05-7-10/64444 | Ornament with hair locks |
Raw Material
Shaft, modified Ornament |
North America
| |
| 985-27-10/59566 | Hair ornament |
Ornament
|
North America
| |
| 985-27-10/60467 | Sioux hair ornament. Portion of a horsetail attached to lazystitch beaded leathe |
Ornament
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60119 | Club |
Club
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 39-30-10/18187 | Scalp Lock Ornament |
Ornament
|
United States
| |
| 985-27-10/60131 | Sioux men's hair ornament. Made from portion of a horsetail. The non-hair side is deco |
Ornament
|
United States
| |
| 985-27-10/60270 | Sioux hair ornament made from braided horsehair. Decorated w/ beaded hide and qu |
Ornament
|
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60239 | Shirt |
Shirt
|
United States
| |
| 985-27-10/59300 | Horn spoon. Straight handle wrapped w/ quills dyed red, yellow and brown. |
Spoon
|
United States
| |
| 985-27-10/59591 | Arapaho needle case. Wrapped w/ glass seed beads. Decorated thongs |
Case
|
United States
| |
| 19-17-10/87395 | Beaded ornament |
Raw Material
Ornament |
South Dakota
|