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38566

From: New Mexico | Santa Fe (New Mexico)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38566
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Comanche
Provenience New Mexico | Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Feather | Fiber | Pigment
Description

Large leather disc made from two sheets of leather. The front is painted in green and red. The upper edge is lined with red cloth with four feathers attached. Reverse has a leather carrying thong.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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