Hair Ornament

37000

From: United States of America | Wyoming | Wind River Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 37000
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Arapaho
Provenience United States of America | Wyoming | Wind River Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Brass | Hair | Quill
Description

Skin ornament with an upper panel of quill wrapped hide in faded geometric designs. Tail attached below dyed yellow. Brass beads attached to buckskin thong at the top. Quill wrapped buckskin thongs at the top and bottom.

Length 23.19 cm
Width 4.14 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900

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