Hairbow Ornament

SKU: 2600.20.01

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Reproduction Upper Missouri or Transmontane (Northern Plains & Plateau) style hairbows handcrafted by me in 2020.

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The ornament consists of two main parts: a bow-tie and a long drop. Bow-tie portion is made of red-dyed elk parflesh, covered with red cloth patches to which in several rows smooth dentallia, antique pound beads and a corrugated brass tube are attached. On the drop portion, antique Italian crow beads, hairpipes, braintan hide, real sinew, natural silk and ermine tails are used.

Manufacture year: 2020

Tribal style: Arikara, Crow, Hidatsa, Mandan, Yankton Sioux, Yanktonai Sioux

Finishing: Artificial patina

Metal: Brass

Materials: Bone hairpipe *, Dentalium *, Ermine fur *, Metal beads *, Natural silk *, Pound (pony) beads *, Real sinew *, Trade cloth *

Metacollcection: Plains

Collection: Upper Missouri

Insignia type: Hair Bow

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