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Double walled buckbrush basket with small mouth, added feathers, leather strips, and painted wooden splint running horizontally
Mavis Doering
Double walled buckbrush basket with small mouth, added feathers, leather strips, and painted wooden splint running horizontally
Mavis Doering
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Leather horse hood cover with quillwork, fringe, metal, and yellow feathers / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

Tags: quillwork, leather fringe
Places: Northern Plains, Southern Plains
Purpose: ceremonial events, public events

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

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Title(s): 
Leather horse hood cover with quillwork, fringe, metal, and yellow feathers
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cheyenne; possibly Northern (artist and user)
Date: 
19th century - mid-20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, quills (porcupine), metal, horsehair, dye
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Horse Hood
Accession No: 
84.1788
Department: 
Anthropology
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