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70-9-149

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 70-9-149
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Glass | Skin
Iconography Turtle
Description

Made of stuffed leather, covered on one side with rows of blue and white beads and a rim of green beads. Turtle-shaped with metal tassles representing the legs and tail. In the metal is some type of hair (horsehair?) dyed red.

Height 5 cm
Length 24.3 cm
Width 14.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970

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