Headdress

Museum number:
2-19595
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.915
Description:
Buffalo. Foundation is European felt hat; decorated with rawhide strips; horsehair tufts; woven European band; purple sequined ribbon; 2 buffalo horns; rawhide trailer.
Donor:
Francis C. Hutchens
Collection place:
Nebraska
Verbatim coll. place:
Nebraska
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Father of Francis C. Hutchens
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Taxon:
Bison bison
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters
Loans:
S1952-1953 #3: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (September 9, 1952–November 28, 1952), S1952-1953 #4: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (September 11, 1952–November 28, 1952), S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974), S1989-1990 #24: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (May 15, 1990–May 29, 1990), and S1991-1992 #26: University of California, Davis/Gyöngy Laky (April 14, 1992–May 22, 1992)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-19595, described as Buffalo. Foundation is European felt hat; decorated with rawhide strips; horsehair tufts; woven European band; purple sequined ribbon; 2 buffalo horns; rawhide trailer.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-19595, described as Buffalo. Foundation is European felt hat; decorated with rawhide strips; horsehair tufts; woven European band; purple sequined ribbon; 2 buffalo horns; rawhide trailer.

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