Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Joseph L. Jones (1833-1896, New Orleans, Louisiana); purchased by George Heye from Dr. Jones's widow, Susan Polk Jones (1842-1921), in 1906.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Wichita (attributed)
- Seller
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Previous owner
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Dr. Joseph L. Jones, Non-Indian, 1833-1896
- Object Name
- Breastplate
- Media/Materials
- Shell beads, commercially tanned leather, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Strung
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
