Scalplock Ornament
Object Number: | 45-15-514 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Oglala |
Provenience: | Dakotas |
Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
Date Made: | 1902-1912 |
Early Date: | 1902 |
Late Date: | 1912 |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Eagle Feather Duck Feather |
Length: | 20 cm |
Outside Diameter: | 5 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
Description
Netted hoop, half blue, half yellow, attached to center. Two eagle down plumes with emerald duck feather heading. Hoop ornament indicates that the wearer is a successful player of hoop-and-dart game.
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