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Hair ornament

Hair ornament

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Titles: Hair ornament (Supplied title)

Description: Twelve nickel silver hair ornaments sewn to a narrow strip of hide with a long tassel at the top. Two metal ornaments are flat crescent shapes, eight are round flat disks, and two are rectangular oval discs. The tassel consists of a cluster of black feathers and three long braided rawhide strands with wrapped metal strips and dyed red fringed ends. Previously attributed at Ojibwe but is stylistically a Southern Plains tribe.

Dates

  • Not later than 1920 (Creation)

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 6003.10

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 29 inches length
  • 3 inches width (at widest point)

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Hair ornament

Collections items are not for sale.
A reproduction can be purchased.