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This head band was given to the donor's family because her grandfather had been a trader with Kansa tribal members in the Council Grove area from 1868 to 1873. Small blue, white, and red beads were used to create a geometric pattern with tassel threads on each end.
Date: 1880-1930
Item Number: 508429
Call Number: 1980.96.277 Georgia Nicholson donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508429
Collections - Archeology
Collections - Archeology - Ethnographic
Home and Family - Clothing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Counties - Morris
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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