Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Object Name
- Hair wrapper part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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