Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by the MAI gift shop for resale at an unknown date; transferred to the MAI collection in 1985.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Plains (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Museum Shop, Museum of the American Indian (MAI museum shop/Book Counter), 1956-1989
- Object Name
- Hair ornament
- Media/Materials
- Horsehair, hide thong/babiche, wood
- Techniques
- Carved, tied
- Dimensions
- 39 x 7 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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