Hair ornament
date: label: Date created
content: 1860-1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) (attributed)
label: Possible owner
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Possible owner
content: Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but probably from the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973), part of which was acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965; found in MAI collections without information and catalogued in 1992.
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place: label: Place
content: Montana; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/3611
label: Barcode
content: 253611.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Hair ornament
label: Media/Materials
content: Bone hairpipe/hairpipes, brass beads, cowrie shell/shells, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Strung
label: Dimensions
content: 20 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm