Culture/People:

Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)  Search this

Object Name:

Horse head ornament

Media/Materials:

Wood, hide, feather/feathers, cotton cloth, brass bell/bells, sinew, ermine skin/fur, cotton twine/string, cotton thread, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche

Techniques:

Cut, wrapped, stitched, bead-wrapped, strung, tied

Dimensions:

56.00 x 7.00 x 39.00 cm

Object Type:

Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry

Place:

North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)

Date created:

1860-1880

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1935.

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Catalog Number:

18/8881

Barcode:

188881.000

See related items:

Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)

Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6262f4de2-9dbb-4b44-92d6-18466c71be6f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_201963