Hair Ornament

37001

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

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 37001
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Arapaho
Provenience United States of America | Wyoming | Wind River Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Glass | Hair | Quill
Description

Ornament with an upper panel with quill wrapped hide strips in red and white. The quill wrapped hide circle is attached at the lower end of the panel. Orange hair is attached to the bottom of the panel. Blue and black faceted beads are strung on a buckskin thong at the top. Several quill wrapped buckskin thongs are attached at the top and bottom of the panel.

Length 19.05 cm
Width 3.81 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900

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