Made of mink skin. 1-10037 (skirt), 10040, 10042 (headbands), 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit. Used in dance.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
West Point, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; West Point
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Neovison vison
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
10037 (skirt), 10040, 10042 (headbands), 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit. Used in dance.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-8270. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 59.