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Object Number
82-45-10/27499
Display Title
Rawhide cutout of a horse: Used in Sun Dance
Descriptions
Object Description
Rawhide cutout of a horse, painted yellow. Tied to wrist of a dancer by his attending priest during the Sun Dance. It is a prayer for ponies.
Inventory Description
Cutout, horse figure, painted red and black stripes at head and neck
Classification
- Communication artifacts
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1882
Culture
- Teton
- Oglala Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Nebraska
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains Region; Pine Ridge Agency, near
Materials
Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 12 x 0.3 cm (9 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
27499
Provenance
Collector
Alice C. Fletcher
(July 1882 - November 1882)
Donor
Alice C. Fletcher
(July 1882 - November 1882)
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