Circular wire frame is base upon which beads are strung. White, green-red, and blue glass beads, strung to form quasi-"Indian" design; dentalium shells as extra decoration.
Donor:
Charles Brockhoff and Lucia Brockhoff
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Mrs. Brizzer
Collection date:
1910
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
woman's novelty." "prob. sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 19 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "this type of headdress is definitely not an aboriginal form