Ration Ticket

45-15-783

From: United States of America | Oklahoma

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-783
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kiowa
Provenience United States of America | Oklahoma
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Saddle Leather | Glass | Tin | Brass
Technique Beaded
Description

Ration ticket, saddle leather, flat, broad base, concave edges, narrow top with semicircular flap. Face solidly beaded, pair of parallelograms between paired tipis opposed, on dark ground, reverse with circled figure on dark red ground. Tinklers on flap and bottom, four twisted thong pendants, belt thong with large brass beads.

Length 10.5 cm
Width 8.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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