Breast Ornament

97-84-1591

From: United States of America | Oklahoma | North Canadian River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-84-1591
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cheyenne (culture)
Provenience United States of America | Oklahoma | North Canadian River
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Glass | Leather | Buckskin
Description

Woman's frontlet. Trader's glass substitute for dentalium strung between leather bars; three rows, seventeen rows each side. Buckskin fringe strung with imitation job's tears.

Length 63 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-84-1591 - Old Museum Number | 17795 - ANSP Number | II 933 - Gottschall Number

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