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Crown worn by dancer during Sun Dance
Crown worn by dancer during Sun Dance
Object Number 82-45-10/27494
Display Title Crown worn by dancer during Sun Dance
Descriptions
Object Description Crown worn by dancer during Sun Dance. Crown is made of Artemesia. The horns are made of rawhide, painted blue.
Inventory Description Headdress, ring of sage with 2 blue painted leather horns at sides
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Date 1882
Culture
  • Oglala Sioux
  • Teton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nebraska
Additional Geographic Terms Plains Region; Pine Ridge Agency, near
Materials Leather, Sage, Horn, Rawhide
Dimensions Overall: 10.6 x 23 x 23.5 cm (4 3/16 x 9 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 27494
Provenance
Collector Alice C. Fletcher (July 1882 - November 1882)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (July 1882 - November 1882)

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