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Bandolier

Artist Yanktonnai Sioux

Mediumhide, sinew, beads

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineGift of Ogden B. Read

Object number1881.3.87.1

DescriptionBuffalo-hide strip forms shoulder strap attached to a central pocket composed of two buffalo-hide panels sinew-sewn on three sides. Red stroud flap (trimmed in dark blue) sewn to bottom. Front of bandolier fully beaded in white-core rose, green, yellow, white, dark blue, and translucent red on a light blue beaded ground. Design consists of decorative panels with rectangles, concentric squares, triangles, diagonals, hourglass designs and paneled borders. A pair of deerskin paint pouches were originally attached to lower corners of bandolier.

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