Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; found in MAI collections without information and catalogued circa 1983.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Niuam (Comanche) (attributed)
- Object Name
- Breastplate with awl case
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads, bone hairpipe/hairpipes, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Bead-wrapped, overlay beadwork
- Dimensions
- 30 x 29 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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