Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCMIR15

Category: Mirror-Mirror Case

Region: Plains

Tribe: Crow

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Wood, mirror glass, brass tacks, buckskin, wool cloth

Description: Wooden mirror and thirty-eight large brass tacks decorating the front and the three feet. A rectangular vintage mirror is inlaid and glued. A buckskin thong, decorated with red wool, serves as a strap for carrying on the belt.

Dimensions: Height 11.25 inches width 4.5 inches

Provenance:

Putt Thompson

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 58

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