Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Colonel Clarence Edgar Whitney (1876-1956, of the Army Corps of Engineers); purchased by MAI from Colonel Whitney in 1951.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
- Previous owner
- Colonel Clarence Edgar Whitney (C. E. Whitney), Non-Indian, 1876-1956
- Seller
- Colonel Clarence Edgar Whitney (C. E. Whitney), Non-Indian, 1876-1956
- Object Name
- Man's hair ornament/hair extensions
- Media/Materials
- Human hair, tree pitch/gum, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
