Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of photographer Roland W. Reed (1864-1934); purchased by MAI from Roland Reed in 1927.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kainai Blackfoot (Kainah/Blood)
- Previous owner
- Roland W. Reed, Non-Indian, 1864-1934
- Seller
- Roland W. Reed, Non-Indian, 1864-1934
- Object Name
- Hair ornament
- Media/Materials
- Hide, hair, porcupine quills, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Quill-wrapped (flat)
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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