Ornament

Museum number:
2-22365
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
formerly loan 600-0 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1953O and Acc.600O
Description:
Disk. Haliotis shell with ermine pelt, feathers, and beads attached. European style butterlfy brooch.
Donor:
Mr. Roy Nash
Collection place:
Wyoming
Verbatim coll. place:
Wyoming
Culture or time period:
Arapaho and Shoshone
Collector:
Mr. Roy Nash
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1953
Context of use:
Sun Dance regalia: 2-22363 - 69.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 11 centimeters, length 65 centimeters, and diameter 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ornament, accession number 2-22365, described as Disk. Haliotis shell with ermine pelt, feathers, and beads attached. European style butterlfy brooch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ornament, accession number 2-22365, described as Disk. Haliotis shell with ermine pelt, feathers, and beads attached. European style butterlfy brooch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-22365, described as Disk. Haliotis shell with ermine pelt, feathers, and beads attached. European style butterlfy brooch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-22365, described as Disk. Haliotis shell with ermine pelt, feathers, and beads attached. European style butterlfy brooch.

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