Headdress of pink-dyed turkey feathers w/undyed dark feathers at top; head band decorated with colored glass beads, two round mirrors and, at back, metal bell. Re Cortez - for dance called "La Conquista".
Donor:
Mrs. D. E. Hughes
Collection place:
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, State of Coahuila, Saltillo
Collector:
Mrs. D. E. Hughes
Collection date:
ca. 1958
Materials:
Feather (material) (turkey), Glass (material) (mirrors, beads), Metal (mirror bezel, bell), and Textile (headband, plain-weave, dyed)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
for dance called "La Conquista" — re Cortez.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
depth 60 centimeters, width 75 centimeters, and height 66 centimeters