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Finial of a Ritual Staff or Lime Spatula
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Wood, Massim region
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Purchase Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift 1966
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Tobacco pouch
Tobacco pouch
"362-22" "Two Bears Band, Fort Rice.″Yanktonai pipe bag; wool, glass, porcupine quills; l. 43.5/73 cm., w. 16.5 cm.; ca. 1860s.″Documentation: \Two Bears band, Fort Rice.‖ Purchase...
Ceremonial tobacco pouch
Ceremonial tobacco pouch
Pipe bag; Lakota; ca. 1870-1880 \nHide, glass beads, porcupine quills, pigments; l. 40 cm. (incl. fringe); w. 13 cm.\nRMV 3158-9; purchased from art dealer Leendert Van Lier, Amste...
Tobacco pouch
Tobacco pouch
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Master of the Animals Finial
Master of the Animals Finial
This “master of animals” finial depicts a stylized man with an (attacking?) animal on each side. The man has a bulb-shaped cap, open at the center for insertion of a pin, which is ...
"Master of Animals" Finial and Stand
"Master of Animals" Finial and Stand
This bronze "Master of Animals" finial is mounted on a bottle-shaped support and held in place by a metal rod attached to the top of the support. A poppy-headed dress pin was inser...
Finial with Heraldic Lions
Finial with Heraldic Lions
This finial is comprised of two rampant, confronted lions, joined at the forepaws and hindpaws around rings that would have once held the pin of the finial. The stylized lions have...
Finial Support
Finial Support
This bulbous finial support is rather plain. It is widest where the body connects to the cylindrical neck, and it tapers toward the open bottom, which is ringed by three raised ban...