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Necklace

Object Number:45-15-573
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Blackfeet (uncertain)
Piegan Blackfeet
Provenience: Plains (Culture Area)
Montana
Culture Area: Great Plains Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Glass
Buckskin
Brass
Eagle Claw
Ermine Fur
Technique:Beaded
Length: 62 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

Description

Beaded wrapped buckskin, pink and dark blue seed beads. 4 large brass beads, double crescent pendant (talisman) made of 2 pairs of eagle claws with beaded bindings on buckskin thongs, pendant of ermine tails and tinklers made of hooves.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

American Indian Life 1776-1976 ( Dec 1976 - 1978) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] 1976. American Indian Life: 1776-1976.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 21View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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