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Effigy Plummet, Form of Turtle Head or Bird64.211.1

This plummet is deeply carved head or a turtle or a bird. The end is tapered possibly for tying on a cord for suspension. Suggested uses for these types of plummets are: weights to be used in weaving, sinkers for fishing, personal talismans or ornamental pendants suspended from the neck or waist either by the elite class or by commoners as dance performance display. There is an early sketch of several dancers wearing such plummets dangling from their waists entertaining what appear to be elite people. Hundreds of these plummets have been found mostly just tapered so these are especially fine as carved to represent local fauna.

Culture
Woodlands and Deptford culture
Material
stone
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Woven, Beadwork Headband43.201.55

Fragment, missing the ends. Was woven as a headband.Might not be Plains but Woodlands.

Culture
Plains and Woodlands
Material
bead, silk and cotton thread
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Headband43.156.12

Headband with white bead background with blue, green, red, and yellow beaded plant-like designs.

Culture
Plains, Woodlands and Ute
Material
bead and cotton thread
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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