Hair Ornament
37663
From: United States of America | North Dakota | Devil's Lake Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 37663 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yanktonai |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Dakota | Devil's Lake Reservation |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Hair | Quill |
| Description | Elongated triangular buckskin ornament. Quilled geometric designs in blue, green and red. Thick stip of animal hide with long black hair is attached to the reverse. At the four corners of the triangular buckskin wrapped thongs are attached. At the top of the ornament is a cloth strip with red beads and two bone beads. |
| Length | 111.76 cm |
| Credit Line | John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900 |
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