Hair Ornament

Tonkawa
Southern Plains
Plains

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collected early 20th century

Rawhide, bird quills, eagle feathers and tape

Overall: 13 3/8 × 3/8 × 1/8 in. (34 × 1 × 0.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

56.14.13613

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Adornment

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Albert Green Heath (1888-1953), early 20th century; sold to Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1955; sold to present collection, 1956.

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