Hair ornament (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Artist/Maker
- Weasel Bear, Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Weasel Bear, Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Collector
- Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
- Seller
- Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
- Collection History
- Collected from Weasel Bear (Lakota) in 1913 or 1914 by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957); purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.
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- Place
- Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA
- See related items
- Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/7941
- Barcode
- 067941.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Hair ornament (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, metal cones, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quill-wrapped (flat)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_73234