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37618A

From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 37618A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yankton | Dakota | Sioux
Provenience United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Eagle Bone | Fur | Feathers
Description

Eagle bone wrapped in black fur, with a hole cut approximately 5 cm from one end. Two feathers are tied just above the hole with black string so that they dangle off the bone.

Length 24.6 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900

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