Bolo tie

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Date created: 1985-1990

Culture/People: Minnesota Chippewa [Red Lake, Minnesota]
Donor: Irene Hirano Inouye (Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye), Non-Indian, 1948-2020
Previous owner: Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Non-Indian, 1924-2012; Roger A. Jourdain (R. A. Jourdain), Minnesota Chippewa [Red Lake, Minnesota], 1912-2002

Collection History: Formerly in the collection of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012, D-Hawaii) and received as a gift from Roger A. Jourdain (1912-2002, intermittently tribal chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa in Minnesota between 1959 and 1990); donated to NMAI by Senator Inouye's widow Irene Hirano Inouye (1948-2020) in 2013.
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Place: Red Lake Band Reservation; Beltrami County; Minnesota; USA (inferred)

See related items: Minnesota Chippewa [Red Lake, Minnesota]; Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/9072
Barcode: 269072.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Bolo tie
Media/Materials: Hide, commercial leather thong, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques: Sewn, overlay beadwork, bead-wrapped, strung
Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.2 x 0.6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws639f7472e-aeed-45bd-a331-4007a247f6ac

Record ID: NMAI_407778