Hair drop - North America, Sioux
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raw hide, red dyed grass fibre, sinews, tin cones with small tassels from red dyed animal hair, tuft of horsehair, slightly dam., missing parts (grass fibre/tin cone).
Such hair drops are worn for ornament by men from Great Lakes and Plains tribes. It would be tied to the men's hair. Hair drops even had ceremonial importance. One Piegan Blackfeet hairdrop was worn to bring prosperity and included horse hair to protect the owner's horse.
H: 20 cm/60 cm (with hair), H: 7,9 inch/23,6 inch
Provenance:
Christian Pysik, Aachen, Germany
Such hair drops are worn for ornament by men from Great Lakes and Plains tribes. It would be tied to the men's hair. Hair drops even had ceremonial importance. One Piegan Blackfeet hairdrop was worn to bring prosperity and included horse hair to protect the owner's horse.
H: 20 cm/60 cm (with hair), H: 7,9 inch/23,6 inch
Provenance:
Christian Pysik, Aachen, Germany
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Hair drop - North America, Sioux
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