Breast Plate
Frontlet
45-15-567
From: Plains (Culture Area)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 45-15-567 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Plains Indian |
Provenience | Plains (Culture Area) |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Bone | Shell | Porcelain | Rawhide | Metal |
Description | Woman's shirt. 4 tiers of vertical bone pipes, between white shell disc and blue porcelain beads. The pipes are divided into 2 groups of 3 held by rawhide strips but all held at lower end by one strip to which are attached 4 tinkling thimbles, buckskin ties. |
Length | 56 cm |
Width | 6.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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