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Breast plate
Native American, Plains
1875-1900
Object Place: United States, Plains
Medium/Technique
Glass beads, brass, rawhide
Dimensions
Length x width: 30.5 x 27.9 cm (12 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Timothy Phillips
Accession Number2013.624
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBeaded breast plate. Square shape with fringe on three sides. Predominately made of red glass trade beads, with one vertical stripe of black beads down the center. Larger blue beads with brass fittings on two sides. Small loops of red beads extend from the bottom and a rawhide loop attached at the top for hanging around the neck.
ProvenanceEarl Horter (b. 1881 - d. 1940), Philadelphia. Walter S. Chattin, Philadelphia. Colonel George G. Green (b. 1842 - d. 1925), Woodbury, NJ; until 1971, by descent within the family; November 19, 1971, Green Collection sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 244. May 10, 2008, anonymous sale, Skinner, Boston, lot 276, sold to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2013, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession date: May 29, 2013)