Dance Scarf
| Object Number: | 46-6-7 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cherokee |
| Provenience: | United States of America North Carolina |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Skin Feather Shell |
| Length: | 79 cm |
| Width: | 10 cm |
| Credit Line: | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
Description
For back of neck. Banded rattlesnake skin with two rosettes, one of partridge feathers, the other of hawk feathers. "The rattlesnakes skin symbolizes fierceness - the feathers speed and surety. --- Standing Deer."
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