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Object Number:45-15-536
Current Location: Native American Voices
Currently On Display
Culture:Sioux
Provenience: United States of America
South Dakota
Culture Area: Great Plains Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Eagle (Bird)
Feather
Quill
Cloth
Horsehair
Metal
Length: 160 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

Description

Back of an eagle in center, tail of eagle feathers and quill-wrapped strip attached to painted parfleche foundation. Side streamers of blue stroud bound with dotted red calico with magpie feathers. Standards rising from bunches of hawk feathers dyed orange. Quill-wrapped strip set with sleigh bells and end in white fur, peacock pinnules, orange horsehair, waist sash knitted red and green.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

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