Hair Ornament

97-84-1881

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

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-84-1881
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cheyenne (culture) | Arapaho
Provenience United States of America | Oklahoma | Near Canadian River
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hair | Bead
Subject Scalplock Ornament
Description

Fully beaded section of skin, with black hair extending from the bottom. Central beaded design of a thunderbird, red yellow and dark blue beads.

Length 63 cm
Width 5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-84-1881 - Old Museum Number | 17752 - ANSP Number | I 1395 - Gottschall Number

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