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Hair ornament of three small beaded round disks / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

These ornaments may have been used as decorative attachments rather than hair ornaments.

Tags: ornaments, beadwork, commercial sale, Kiowa
People: Kiowa
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): 
Hair ornament of three small beaded round disks
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Kiowa
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Ornament
Accession No: 
84.849a-c
Previous Number(s): 
8427.849a-c; 8427.849 a-c
Department: 
Anthropology
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