Pair of Ear or Hair Ornaments
Tonkawa
Southern Plains
Plains
collected early 20th century
Red and blue beads, dyed procupine quills, chicken feathers, leather and tin
Overall: 14 9/16 × 3/8 in. (37 × 1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
56.14.13612
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Albert Green Heath (1888-1953), early 20th century; sold to Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1955; sold to present collection, 1956.
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