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Otter hide strips for decorating the staff / Unknown

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Essay/Description

Otter fur glued to buckskin. Two tapered strips tied at wide end with buckskin thong, half knotted. These otter fur strips are tied to the staff.

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Title(s): 
Otter hide strips for decorating the staff
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage
Date: 
mid-20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
otter fur, buck hide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Strip
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Whitesell and Sons
Accession No: 
84.2924c
Previous Number(s): 
TL1997.45.16c; tl1997.45.16c; 84.2924 b-g
Department: 
Anthropology
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