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NA4301

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4301
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Shell | Hide | Metal | Pigment
Technique Incised
Description

Large curved shell, highly polished with incised designs of five arches over five circles with rays eminating out. Buckskin thong attached to the shell with two brass beads.

Credit Line Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916

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