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45-15-535

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-535
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Date Made 1850
Section American
Materials Buffalo Skin | Magpie Feather | Eagle Feather | Magpie Feather | Horsehair | Brass
Technique Tanned
Description

Tanned buffalo skin covered with magpie feathers tipped with small red feathers and eagle feathers tipped with orange colored horsehair. One large and one medium brass sleigh bell.

Length 54 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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