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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 1-514, described as Feather dance costume. Object found with this number is a large net object of alternating different types of fiber including native twine and commercial string. No feathers are present. The alternate number, 2514 is present on one of the tags.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 7-7221a,b, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 7-7220a,b, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 2-63494, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 2-71852a,b, described as American Indian man’s costume. For a 12-14” doll. Soft buckskin man’s suit with fringed trousers [not leggings] and shirt with bits of red cloth sticking to it. Very old
Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 3-30023, described as Costume, caiman; painter's coverall with Pochote tree spines painted red; costume painted mottled green and yellow; length ca 120 cm. This is probably a representation of a pre-Columbian figure. It was used in a dance to insure good fishing" per Cordry, pl 199. Per Margot Schevill this information may be suspect. This outfit accompanies 3-30024 a caiman mask.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 9-18261a-h, described as costume: a) skullcap; white with gold and white machine embroidered designs; band seam sewn by hand; b) headcloth; white, square, sheer cloth probably cotton with some synthetics; 2 edges finished others machine sewn; c) headcloth; red and white common cotton cloth; 2 finished edges, 2 unfinished, probably tied/braided into tassels; geometric red designs; d) cord; black, circular cord, flexible, probalby common made; may be black goat’s hair with sheep wool for exterior; 1 part thinner than rest with crocheted area on either end, may mark back; e) body-shirt; long cream-colored with french cuffs, pockets, buttons and collar; f) robe; black wool, hand sewn mantle/robe with gold and silver metal thread, and red thread trim; 2 tassels at waist for tieing; material commercial, but hand sewn; label with lion and Arabic script inside collar; g&h) sandals; pair leather, thong style; sole 3 layers with 4th for heel; toe and foot strap leather with white plastic sewn on; red and silver metal decorate plastic; straps riveted to each other, nailed to sole; pair of curving lines on both sandals; costume worn by men; a) to absorb hair oils and protect headcloth from ruin; b) “...a square shaped garment which is folded diagonally to form a triangle. It is worn correctly with a peak pinched at the center front of the forehead...”; worn in hotter months; c) worn same as b); d) worn in double coil to keep headcloth in place; e) main body garment, worn in summer; f) outer mantle worn over body shirt; g&h) man’s sandals said to have originated in Najd where known as Madaas; script translation is “production of Abdullah” (or work of Abdullah), last name is unclear. Fide John Hayes, Arabic instructor
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 2-69189a-c, described as Consists of three separate parts -- neck bustle, back bustle and back panels, all feathered and hand-sewn throughout. (a) Neck bustle: closely set circles of various sized striped brown feathers, radiating from small cloth - encircled mirror, yellow flicker feathers around mirror, ring-neck pheasant tail feathers tipped with glued-on breast feathers form outer circle, all attached to a cowhide piece with buckskin ties. (b) Back bustle consists of eight parts all attached to a large piece of cowhide, top part is the same as neck bustle, on each side a row of pheasant tail feathers and red-dyed breast feathers tied onto a strip of buckskin which also forms a tied. Circlet and two side panels are mounted on top of a pheasant skin (breast, back and tail feathers) with another row of tail feathers and red-dyed breast feathers with buckskin ties. At top of bustle are two short stick with various sized feathers tied to form bundles, some breast feathers dyed green and purple, shore buckskin ties around lower edge of cowhide. c) Back panels consist of two lengths of bark blue trade cloth sewn onto a stick; pheasant tail feathers tied to buckskin strips are attached to cloth in groups of six, red-dyed breast feathers across the top of panels.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 2-19450, described as Bustle spikes made of eagle wing tip feathers, hawk feathers, hawk bells (brass) and ribbons. (fide David Finster)
Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 7-9981a-d, no description available.

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