Culture or time period: Southern Plains tribes / Taxon: Accipitridae / Function: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 2-7138, described as Made of eagle tail feathers. Beaded at base of feathers; quill work at base of buckskin fringes.

Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-5194, described as Made of weasel skins and eagle feathers arranged as a crown about the head and falling down the back; quilling; red seed beads; and fringed buckskin trailer painted in geometric designs in green/orange/yellow/blue.

Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 2-5244, described as Staff with a crook at the top. Made of ash wood. Decorated with lynx fur and the feathers of the mottled eagle. Metal blade set in at top.