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Decoration, suncatcher

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Title	Decoration, suncatcher
Creator	Alexander, Selina
Collection Name	Ethnology
Identifier	UA91-003-0003
Description	7.8 cm diameter ring covered with smoked hide and trimmed with brown and clear beads. Eight pointed star motif in middle of ring composed of brown, clear, orange, and aqua beads; a topaz teardrop bead hangs in the center; three beaded tassels (double looped with a amber-like stone at center)hang from bottom of ring; tassels end in cowery shells attached to a folded piece of hide; from each end of the hide, a feather is attached witha stone-like bead. A single strand of beads makes a small loop at the top; at the center of this is a piece of hide with a hole in it from which the piece can be hung. Made by Selina Alexander.
Subject.LCSH	Beadwork--Alaska
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Interior Alaska--Athabascan Ethnotechnology
Location	Huslia (Alaska)
Region	Interior Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Date.original	1991
Type	Physical Object
Ordering and Use	Terms of Copyright and Use; http://www.uaf.edu/museum/molinet/copyright.html
Holding Institution	UA Museum of the North, P.O. Box 756960, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960 mailto:UA-museumlearn@alaska.edu
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