Headdresses

Museum number:
1-9422
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009422
Accession number:
Acc.215
Description:
Pair of old feathered openwork net headdress. Worn in religious dances over the top of the head, held in place with other headdress gear.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #81: Bureau of Indian Affairs (March 23, 1965–June 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headdresses, accession number 1-9422, described as Pair of old feathered openwork net headdress. Worn in religious dances over the top of the head, held in place with other headdress gear.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headdresses, accession number 1-9422, described as Pair of old feathered openwork net headdress. Worn in religious dances over the top of the head, held in place with other headdress gear.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdresses, accession number 1-9422, described as Pair of old feathered openwork net headdress. Worn in religious dances over the top of the head, held in place with other headdress gear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdresses, accession number 1-9422, described as Pair of old feathered openwork net headdress. Worn in religious dances over the top of the head, held in place with other headdress gear.

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