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Dance bustle

Artist Yanktonnai Sioux

Mediumfeathers, wool, bells, quills, eagle skin and beak

DimensionsOther: 85 cm (33 7/16 in.)

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineGift of Ogden B. Read

Object number1881.3.45

DescriptionCeremonial bustle with streamers of eagle feathers attached to strips of brown wool. Woven sash is multi-colored. The "hide" of a bird (eagle), complete with beak is attached to the back of the bustle, and has attached wings which project outward; small bells attached to quilled streamer.

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