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Beaded tipi ornament / Unknown

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Essay/Description

Beads, metal and a hide. Tipi shaped.

Curatorial Remarks

These ornaments were likely made to be sold commercially to tourists. The salt and pepper design in the beadwork is a mixture of colors, and this usually occurred when the creator did not have enough beads of a single color to create a design.

Tags: tipi, ornament, beaded, salt and pepper
People: Possibly Comanche
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Beaded tipi ornament
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Comanche
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, metal
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Ornament
Accession No: 
84.1263a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8427.1263 a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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