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Pair of metal arm bands with ribbon decoration / Unknown

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Cuffs have punched geometric decorations on the exterior. The metal bands are overlapped and tied together with semi-tanned laces. White ribbons are not attached but just looped through the metal.

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Title(s): 
Pair of metal arm bands with ribbon decoration
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage and Ponca (artist and user)
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
German silver, white satin-weave ribbon, semi-tanned skin
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Arm Bands
Credit Line: 
Gift of Lydia Whitehead
Accession No: 
84.877a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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