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45-15-516

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-516
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux (uncertain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Glass | Feather | Buckskin | Quill | Sinew
Technique Painted | Sewn | Beaded
Description

Coronet, edged with white glass pony beads and supporting two horns cut from rawhide and painted green. 5 sewed rows of black feathers, strip of red buckskin cut into 20 quill-wrapped thongs, twisted sinew cords for attachment.

Length 24.5
Width 2.6
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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