E0537: Hair Ornament

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0537

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Adornment

Materials:

fabric ➔ cloth

Dimensions:

37 cm L
5 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

USA

Description:

A hair ornament into which would be inserted a braid, constructed of a long piece of rolled cotton cloth covered by dark brown wool cloth.

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