Headdress

Museum number:
2-29748
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1197
Description:
Eagle and hawk feathers; tipped with dyed red feathers; based with dyed green feathers; attached to brown felt hat; beaded band (white/ blue/ red); red trade blanket streamers.
Donor:
Rupert Schultheiss
Collection place:
Casper, Natrona, Wyoming
Verbatim coll. place:
Wyoming; Natrona; Casper
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Mrs. Rupert Schultheiss
Collection date:
1895
Taxon:
Accipitridae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 133 centimeters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #90: Jefferson Elementary School/Jeanette Perry (May 22, 1964–May 25, 1964)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-29748, described as Eagle and hawk feathers; tipped with dyed red feathers; based with dyed green feathers; attached to brown felt hat; beaded band (white/ blue/ red); red trade blanket streamers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-29748, described as Eagle and hawk feathers; tipped with dyed red feathers; based with dyed green feathers; attached to brown felt hat; beaded band (white/ blue/ red); red trade blanket streamers.

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