hair pipe

Three people in a group of four, reportedly Sioux, wear hair pipes in forms including breastplates and bandoliers. Taken for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition: St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.

Meaning

Noun

  • A type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal adornments, principally by Native Americans.

Origin

  • Obscure, possibly from hair + pipe, as a description of one of its uses. Earliest known usage from 1767.

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