Hair drop · North America, Sioux · ID: 3043340
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Christian Pysik, Aachen, GermanySize
H: 20 cm/60 cm (with hair)
H: 7.9 inch/23.6 inch (with hair)
Description
raw hide, red dyed grass fibre, sinews, tin cones with small tassels from red dyed animal hair, tuft of horsehair, slightly dam., missing parts (grass fibre/tin cone).
Such hair drops are worn for ornament by men from Great Lakes and Plains tribes. It would be tied to the men’s hair. Hair drops even had ceremonial importance. One Piegan Blackfeet hairdrop was worn to bring prosperity and included horse hair to protect the owner’s horse.