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Tunic
Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893
Tunic
XIX - 1890 - 1890
C.A.336
Canada
Cloth, glass (covered-stitch embroidery), woven, leather
Protezione/estetico-ornamentale. Cerimonie.
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Tunic
Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893
Tunic
XIX - 1890 - 1890
C.A.336
Canada
Cloth, glass (covered-stitch embroidery), woven, leather
Protezione/estetico-ornamentale. Cerimonie.
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Male tunic, 1870 - 1880 circa (Ojibway, probably object of exchange with the Dakota)
Tanned cervid leather, glass (covered stitch embroidery), fabric, wooden buttons
Male tunic with floral embroidery (French-style), with fringes (typical of Dakota)
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Ornament for the head, end of 800 (Plains Indians)
Feathers (in 3 overlapping layers: hawk, eagle and owl), "false silver" - German silver, porcupine tail, porcupine spines (flattened by teeth or nails, dyed and sewn)
Ornament for the head (it was applied to the hair on the nape of the most valiant warriors)
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Buffalo horns, 1865 - 1875 circa (West Dakota, Brulee)
Buffalo horn, fabric, wool, metal, wood
Buffalo horns (terminal ceremonial staff, used in the dances preceding the buffalo hunt)
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Male headdress, circa 1880 (Ojibway)
Braided vegetable fiber, Great Lakes goose feathers, fabric
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Ceremonial mace, end of 800 (East Dakota, Yankton)
Leather, stone, decorticated, sanded, carved and painted wood, cotton and metal thread
Ceremonial club, symbol of status, flaunted on convivial occasions (like the Pow - Wow)
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Men’s necklace, circa 1880 (Indians of the Southern Plains) and)
Tanned leather, metal (American coins of ten cents fused and transformed into grains)
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Necklace for girl, end of 800 (Kiova or Comanche invoice)
Shell, hard stones, cotton thread
Necklace for girl; probably the result of commercial exchanges between the Pueblo of Taos and the Indians of the Plains of the South.
The turquoise near the Pueblo had protective function for the little girls
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Quiver, arrows, bow, case for bow, mace and amulet, end of 800 (Plains Indians)
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Quiver, arrows, bow, case for bow, mace (symbol of value and courage), amulet (represents the spirit of the favorite horse)
Quiver: tanned leather, hard stones, glass countries (point "lazy")
Arrows: decorticated, polished and engraved wooden rod, pens, iron, animal fiber
Arco: dehusked, polished and curved wood, animal fibre, tanned and dyed leather
Bow case: tanned and dyed leather
Mace: dehusked wood, tanned leather, stone, glass countries
Amulet: decorticated, polished and painted wood, horsehair
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Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893
Pipe cooker, 1880 - 1890 circa (typical East Dakota motif, Yankton, Ojibway material)
C.A.342
Ohio (U.S.A.)
La steatite è stata scolpita, levigata e incisa con attrezzi metallici.
Cerimoniale. Incontri intertribali con accordi da sancire.
Bird-shaped pipe cooker with lateral engravings in concentric circles (symbolizing the circles of life)

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