Hair-Pipe Necklace

early 1900s Overall: 236.2 cm (93 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.50

Among the most recognizable of Plains accouterments of the later 1800s are women’s necklaces and men’s breastplates made of so-called hair pipes, tubular beads originally made of shell. These prestigious chest ornaments became popular with the introduction of sturdier cow-bone...

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