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Arm Band

Object Number:38740A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi-Tewa
Provenience: Arizona
First Mesa
Hano
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Hide
Feather
Fiber
Hair
Pigment
Height: 7 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

Arm band made from a thick leather band dyed green. A buckskin flap is dyed red and attached with its edge cut into short fringe. Two small buckskin straps secure the band to perforations on the opposite side. Tassels made from orange string are attached and tipped with a bundle of hair dyed red and a feather.

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