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Object Number 40-39-10/19342
Display Title Quilled bridle cheek straps
Descriptions
Object Description Part of bridle in 2 sections--cloth decorated with designs of vari-colored porcupine quills
Inventory Description Ornaments, red quill strips with rosettes at top, blue and yellow design
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 6.5 x 0.4 cm (10 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 40-39-10/19342
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (1872-1902)
Donor Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (1940)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (1940)

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