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Beaded cape with cowrie shells and leather fringe. Main body of cape consists of two bands of diamond-shaped beadwork separated by rows of shells. Bead colors are turquoise, yellow, green and white. Long turquoise and white strands with shell at end comprise one end of cape; long tasseled leather fringe the other.
capes (outerwear)
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Cape
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Cape
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
18 x 52 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5362
Maine (United States)
Colorado (United States)
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