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Breast plate
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Object Number 05-7-10/64801
Display Title Breast plate
Descriptions
Object Description Breast plate of white shell or bone.
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 19th century
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Shell?, Bone?
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 60 cm (7 7/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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