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Object Number
99-12-10/53049
Display Title
Raven belt ornament
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceremonial raven belt ornament or bustle, also called "the crow." Made from four different raven skins. Although the carcasses appear to be complete birds, they include only the wings (stuffed with semi-tanned hide and plant fiber) and the heads and beaks (tucked to the inside against the primary waist support). Built from a construction of wooden slats, porcupine quills, rawhide, and horsehair. The birds’ heads are embellished with decorative loops of rawhide, and their tails are asymmetrically trimmed.
Inventory Description
Belt, stuffed raven skins attached to leather belt, quill tassles, animal hair a
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1780-1806
Culture
- Brule Teton Sioux?
- Oglala
- Sauk?
- Yankton?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 66 x 31 x 13 cm (26 x 12 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Owner
Peale Museum
(1809 - Unknown)
Owner
Thomas Jefferson
(1807 - 1809)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(1804-1806 - 1807)
Collector
William Clark
(1804-1806 - 1807)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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