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Sioux chief's breastplate eagle wing bones, decorated with glass and brass beads, said to be rare, Sioux tribe, maker, Plains, U.S.A., 1865-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A123868
- Materials:
- bone, eagle wing, glass, beads, brass and cord
- type:
- breast plates
- credit:
- Glendining
