Beaded Breastplate
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- Date
- prior to 1979
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal; plastic; shell; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3034
- Description
- White hairpipes, red beads, and metal (brass?) beads strung horizontally between stiff commercial leather strips. A shell medallion is tied to the centre with two metal beads and hanging thongs. There are two large cowrie shells hanging from the bottom of the breastplate.
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- Title
- Beaded Breastplate
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal; plastic; shell; skin
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- White hairpipes, red beads, and metal (brass?) beads strung horizontally between stiff commercial leather strips. A shell medallion is tied to the centre with two metal beads and hanging thongs. There are two large cowrie shells hanging from the bottom of the breastplate.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3034
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