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Object Number
38-44-10/12856
Display Title
Medicine man's girdle--decorated
Descriptions
Object Description
Medicine man's girdle--decorated with deer's toes (some painted red), .22 calibre cartridge shells, plum stones, button, porcupine quill charm
Inventory Description
Necklace, serrated hooves with red pigment, quilled bundle, various beads
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains
Dimensions
Overall: 83 x 5.2 x 0.4 cm (32 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1901)
Dealer
Pat Ryan
(? - 1901)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(1938)
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