Back rest

Museum number:
2-4895
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
80 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Stripped saplings with rawhide thongs; 6 widthwise bands of red paint; hanging loop. Trapezoid shape.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Backrests (supports)
Context of use:
Used in tipi for sitting.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 121 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Back rest, accession number 2-4895, described as Stripped saplings with rawhide thongs; 6 widthwise bands of red paint; hanging loop. Trapezoid shape.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Back rest, accession number 2-4895, described as Stripped saplings with rawhide thongs; 6 widthwise bands of red paint; hanging loop. Trapezoid shape.

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