Photo of collection object Hair-Pipe Necklace
Hair-Pipe Necklace, early 1900s. Cow-bone hair pipes, glass beads, brass beads, silk ribbon, metal coin, Native-tanned hide or rawhide stringing, vegetable-tanned hide separators, Overall: 236.2 cm (93 in.). Educational Purchase Fund, 1932.50. CC0.

Hair-Pipe Necklace

early 1900s

Maker Unknown

Art of the Americas

Hair-Pipe Necklace, early 1900s. Native North America, Plains, Nakota (Yankton or Yanktonai Sioux)?. Cow-bone hair pipes, glass beads, brass beads, silk ribbon, metal coin, Native-tanned hide or rawhide stringing, vegetable-tanned hide separators; overall: 236.2 cm (93 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund 1932.50 Among the most spectacular of Plains ornaments are men’s breastplates and women’s necklaces made of cylindrical beads.
Maker/Artist
Maker Unknown
Classification
Jewelry
Formatted Medium
Cow-bone hair pipes, glass beads, brass beads, silk ribbon, metal coin, Native-tanned hide or rawhide stringing, vegetable-tanned hide separators
Dimensions
Overall: 236.2 cm (93 in.)
Accession Number
1932.50
Credit Line
Educational Purchase Fund
Rights Statement
CC0

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