Culture/People:

Chiricahua Apache  Search this

Previous owner:

Sirte, Chiricahua Apache [Fort Sill, Oklahoma]  Search this

Collector:

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this

Object Name:

Woman's hair ornament

Media/Materials:

Hide, glass bead/beads, cotton cloth, hide thong/babiche

Techniques:

Stitched, lazy/lane stitch beadwork

Dimensions:

22.5 x 10 x 1 cm

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Indigenous Term:

tsi' ye'L

Place:

Near Lawton; Lawton; Comanche County; Oklahoma; USA

Date created:

1880-1909

Collection History:

Collected from Sirte (Chiricahua Apache) in 1909 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

2/1193

Barcode:

021193.000

See related items:

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fdff16b4-ec94-4af9-bf71-3a93ddf0108c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_22509