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Object Number
987-24-10/60649
Display Title
Leather collar with elk teeth.
Descriptions
Object Description
Leather collar with elk teeth. The necklace appears to consist of tightly twisted cloth stitched into a rope and covered with leather stitched along the seam. The outer strand measures 93 cm. in length, inside of which a shorter strand (50 cm. in length) is attached. Thirteen elk teeth are sewn onto this inner strand (nine teeth remain attached to the outer), but at least six other teeth appear to have originally been attached here. One tooth unattached.
Inventory Description
Necklace, 2 strands leather covered cotton, multiple animal teeth attached
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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North Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms
Sioux Indian Devils Lake Reservation
Materials
Leather, Animal tooth, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 45.5 x 18.2 x 3 cm (17 15/16 x 7 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
987-24-10/60649
Provenance
Collector
Alexandria V. Dexter
(1915)
Donor
Edythe Dexter
(1987)
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