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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of the later 1800s are women’s necklaces and men’s breastplates made of so-called hair pipes, tubular beads originally made of shell.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 pipes, nearly all manufactured by a mill in New Jersey and traded widely on the Plains. Bone pipes were made into many kinds of ornaments, the most elaborate being the necklaces and breastplates, today indispensable as powwow regalia. (The term “hair pipe” may stem from Native Americans’ use of smaller tubular beads as hair ornaments.)
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113499
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Hair-Pipe Necklace
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113499
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Hair-Pipe Necklace
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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of the later 1800s are women’s necklaces and men’s breastplates made of so-called hair pipes, tubular beads originally made of shell.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 pipes, nearly all manufactured by a mill in New Jersey and traded widely on the Plains. Bone pipes were made into many kinds of ornaments, the most elaborate being the necklaces and breastplates, today indispensable as powwow regalia. (The term “hair pipe” may stem from Native Americans’ use of smaller tubular beads as hair ornaments.)
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early 1900s
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en
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Q80006110
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Jewelry
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1
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Overall: 236.2 cm (93 in.)
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Native North America, Plains, Nakota (Yankton or Yanktonai Sioux)?
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1932.5
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Cow-bone hair pipes, glass beads, brass beads, silk ribbon, metal coin, Native-tanned hide or rawhide stringing, vegetable-tanned hide separators
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Hair-Pipe Necklace, early 1900s. Native North America, Plains, Nakota (Yankton or Yanktonai Sioux)?. Cow-bone hair pipes, glass beads, brass beads, silk ribbon, metal coin, Native-tanned hide or rawhide stringing, vegetable-tanned hide separators; overall: 236.2 cm (93 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1932.50
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AA - Native North America
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Among the most spectacular of Plains ornaments are men’s breastplates and women’s necklaces made of cylindrical beads.
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Educational Purchase Fund
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2026-05-29 05:59:02.454000
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113499
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Native North America
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Cow-bone hair pipes, glass beads, brass beads, silk ribbon, metal coin, Native-tanned hide or rawhide stringing, vegetable-tanned hide separators
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