Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Tipi Shop, Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center (Tipi shop)
- Date created
- 1960-1980
- Object Name
- Hair ornament
- Media/Materials
- Hide thong/Babiche, bone hairpipe/hairpipes, brass beads, cowrie shell/shells
- Techniques
- Strung
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 4.8 x 1.0 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
