Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Skunk Head (Sahnish) by Melvin R. Gilmore (1868-1940, MAI staff member) in 1924 during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sahnish (Arikara)
- Previous owner
- Skunk Head, Sahnish (Arikara)
- Collector
- Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
- Object Name
- Man's hair ornament/hair extensions
- Media/Materials
- Hair
- Techniques
- Stitched
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
