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Object Number 74-18-10/7643
Display Title Skewers
Descriptions
Object Description Sioux ornament made of the tails of the antelope; skewers probably
Inventory Description Ornaments, worked wooden sticks, pointed one end, wrapped beads other
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / South Dakota
North America / United States / Wyoming
Additional Geographic Terms Missouri, Upper
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 1.2 cm (6 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 7643 / Poison
Provenance
Collector William A. Turner (1873 - 1874)

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