Ornament

Museum number:
2-9379
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
10 strings (horizontal) small, bone disc beads; leather strap of buckskin; blue cut glass beads; brass shoe buttons; attached charm bundle with plant material.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
May 1909
Context of use:
Breast ornament. Worn by men for ceremonial and "dress - up" occasions.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-9379, described as 10 strings (horizontal) small, bone disc beads; leather strap of buckskin; blue cut glass beads; brass shoe buttons; attached charm bundle with plant material.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-9379, described as 10 strings (horizontal) small, bone disc beads; leather strap of buckskin; blue cut glass beads; brass shoe buttons; attached charm bundle with plant material.

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