E0883: Spur Ornaments

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0883

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Accessory

Marks/Labels:

TAG "This button and piece of ve_?_ leather from saddle a_?_ spur ornaments were worn _?_ bandit captured near Sante Fe."

Materials:

fabric ➔ cloth
metal

Dimensions:

10 cm L
7 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:

Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA (?)

Description:

"Bandit" pair of metal spur ornaments with a piece of leather sewn to a piece of cloth.

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