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The Smithsonian Institution Libraries online library includes a 1996 edition of John C. Ewers, “Hair Pipes in Plains Indian Adornment.”


Exhibits > Traditional Art > Breastplate 2

5. Breastplate with hair pipe and beads
Breastplate with  hair pipe and beads
Balcom: “One large necklace, hair pipe and beads.” This breastplate styled necklace has 72 bone hair pipes, fourteen abalone discs, and 288 green beads. It had been previously restrung with leather and wire. It is 26 inches long and about 8 1/8 inches wide. The shell discs are approximately 1 inches in circumference. WHC2000.17.17.

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