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Backrest or screen of twigs
Artist:
Hunkpapa Sioux
Medium: willow rods
Dimensions:
Other: 117 × 80 cm (46 1/16 × 31 1/2 in.) (bottom), 40 cm (top)
Classification: Furnishings
Credit Line: Gift of Ogden B. Read
Object number: 1881.3.39
DescriptionMat of peeled willow rods strung together and held parallel by three strips of sinew. Mat tapers gradually toward the top. Top third done in sets of different-colored rods to create a striped pattern. Used as a room divider.
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