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63-8-39

From: Greater Southwest

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 63-8-39
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mescalero Apache
Provenience Greater Southwest
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Deerskin | Metal | Glass
Description

Deerskin. Flap folds down with thong to tie it closed. Short fringe along bottom with tin jinglers; two long fringes with jinglers at bottom corners. Flap; narrow band of beading in yellow with blue and pink spaces. Front: below line of flap; fully beaded, blue background with white frame enclosing yellow stepped triangle; yellow beads edging both sides. Back has narrow band of beads along bottom in same manner as flap. Lazy stitch.

Length 11.3 cm
Width 10.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert Pemberton, 1963

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