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Object Number
50-69-10/32709
Display Title
Hair ornament - purple cloth with silver bead decoration
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Dush-do
Object Description
Hair ornament - purple cloth with silver bead decoration. Used only in the Turkey dance by women during the first dance/first song. Used only during daylight hours.
Inventory Description
Ornament, small silver disk applique in shape of bow, mounted on purple cotton
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900s, Early
Culture
- Caddo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Oklahoma
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Metal, Glass, Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 49.4 x 14 x 0.4 cm (19 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50-69-10/32709, 2 / 2490
Credit Line
Exchange with Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1950
Provenance
Collector
National Museum of the American Indian
(Unknown)
Exchange participant
National Museum of the American Indian
(11/16/1950)
Intermediary
George Gustav Heye
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