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Navajo. <em>Collar with Whistle Worn in the Hashk'an Dance</em>, late 19th century. Hide, fur, sinew, claws, wool, quill, cotton, plant fiber, pigment, resinous material, 27 x 4 x 1.5 in. (71.0 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5430. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5430.jpg)
Navajo. Collar with Whistle Worn in the Hashk'an Dance, late 19th century. Hide, fur, sinew, claws, wool, quill, cotton, plant fiber, pigment, resinous material, 27 x 4 x 1.5 in. (71.0 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5430. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5430.jpg)
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Collar with Whistle Worn in the Hashk'an Dance

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Navajo
MEDIUM Hide, fur, sinew, claws, wool, quill, cotton, plant fiber, pigment, resinous material
DATES late 19th century
DIMENSIONS 27 x 4 x 1.5 in. (71.0 x 9.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 04.297.5430
CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION This collar is richly decorated with claws (bear's?) and fur appendages wrapped with quillwork and yarns. It might have been used for the singer to attract the Hoply People.
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CAPTION Navajo. Collar with Whistle Worn in the Hashk'an Dance, late 19th century. Hide, fur, sinew, claws, wool, quill, cotton, plant fiber, pigment, resinous material, 27 x 4 x 1.5 in. (71.0 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5430. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5430.jpg)
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Navajo. <em>Collar with Whistle Worn in the Hashk'an Dance</em>, late 19th century. Hide, fur, sinew, claws, wool, quill, cotton, plant fiber, pigment, resinous material, 27 x 4 x 1.5 in. (71.0 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5430. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5430.jpg)

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