Hair Ornaments Or Hair Ties
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: There is a detailed typed card with the artifact: "Hair Ties - These hair ties, or scalp lock ornaments, have been assigned a CL-number, (CL-427). The ties are probably Sioux, (the quillwork indicates Northern, rather than Southern Plains. The combination of yellow, purple, and red colors is typically Sioux. Sioux tinkler cones commonly are attached to red horse hair tassels). Of the Sioux hair ties within the collection, two have been found missing. These are: 153980 - hair decorations, collected by Mrs. Hazen - no description, and 300278 - porcupine quill ornaments for end of braided hair, collected by Frances Densmore. Unfortunately, it is entirely possible that the specimen in question was (as most of the Evans collection) not accessioned under any tribal grouping, but merely under 'Plains'. This information is intended to supply additional information and possible leads for future identification of this specimen. - Lee Miller 6/14/1984." Note that as of 2008, this object is stored with the Pawnee collections.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Plains, United States / Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: EC427-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hair Ornament