Necklace

45-15-573

From: Plains (Culture Area) | Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-573
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Blackfeet (uncertain) | Piegan Blackfeet
Provenience Plains (Culture Area) | Montana
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Glass | Buckskin | Brass | Eagle Claw | Ermine Fur
Technique Beaded
Description

Beaded wrapped buckskin, pink and dark blue seed beads. 4 large brass beads, double crescent pendant (talisman) made of 2 pairs of eagle claws with beaded bindings on buckskin thongs, pendant of ermine tails and tinklers made of hooves.

Length 62 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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