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NA3505

From: United States of America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3505
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ute
Provenience United States of America
Culture Area Great Basin Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Bead | Hair | Pigment | Quill
Description

Blue and yellow painted buckskin. Beaded bands on shoulders down both the front and back. Beaded bands are dark blue, light blue, red, green and silver on white ground. Two triangular, beaded ornaments around the neckline- one on the front and one on the back. Fringed along the cuffs and hem. Cuffs edged with beaded bands of blue, red, green and white. Slits along the sides. Neck hole edged with red cloth. Strips of dark hair bound with red dyed quills tied to the shoulders. Central beaded pendant below neck on front and back has light colored dyed hair.

Length 105 cm
Width 152 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Patrick Henry Ray, 1915

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