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Catalog Number CAS 1988-0005-0032   CAS 1988-0005-0032; Hair ornament
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Hair ornament
Culture Lakota Sioux
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Hide; Leather; Glass beads; Horsehair; Porcupine quills; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Metal: Tin; Feathers; Sinew
Description Tanned leather beaded with lazy stitch technique attached to backing of stiff rawhide; Beaded pattern in red and blue of equilateral triangles with stepped diagonal lines extending down from lower apices; Small bands extend upward from other apices; Background is white; Cowrie shells and short quill wrapped hide slats attached below beaded panel; Quills are dyed red and white and are tipped with tin cones and blue-dyed feathers; Yellow dyed horsehair affixed to rawhide backing with hide laces; Another hide lace attached at top; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 8.5, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 26.5