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Object Number
30-69-10/K49
Display Title
Head Ornament of Deer Horn
Descriptions
Object Description
Head ornament of small deer horn. "Belonged to a prominent 'Medicine Man' named 'No Heart', but who is better known by the whites as 'Medicine Joe'".
Inventory Description
Adornment, carved antler with horsehair and quill wrapped ends, bells
Classification
- Adornment
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Materials
Antler, Horsehair, Quill, Fabric, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 26 x 14 cm (4 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
K49
Provenance
Owner
No Heart
(1883 ca.)
Collector
James McLaughlin
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca.)
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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