Donor: C. Hart Merriam Collection, Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) / Culture or time period: North Central California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-22785, described as Michopdo Midoo [Maidu] Indian from Chico wearing flat headpiece with long upstanding feather; Big Head Dance

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-22786, described as Michopdo Midoo [Maidu] Indian from Chico wearing flat headpiece with long upstanding feather; Big Head Dance

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-22787, described as Performer wearing skirt of frayed willow bark, flicker-feather headbands, and headdress of wands tipped with California poppies; Big Head Dance

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-21014, described as Dancer with feather headress and elderberry clappers

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-22784, described as Roundhouse, same as 15-22783 and 13-4056a, different view; Big Head Dance

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-22782, described as Indian house with roundhouse in background; Big Head Dance

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-22783, described as Roundhouse in which major portion of the ceremony was performed; Big Head Dance

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-22788, described as Black-skirted performer with poppy and feather-tipped headdress at entrance to roundhouse; attendants arranging costumes; Big Head Dance

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-22789, described as Three performers: two with red caps and cloth skirts, one with bark and flicker-feather headbands; Big Head Dance

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negatives, accession number 15-22790, described as Semi-subterranean roundhouse; Dancers in Big Head Dance.