War bonnet

Museum number:
2-4897
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
82 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
With full single trail. Fulled red wool lined with buckskin and trimmed with single row of eagle feathers on wood "pins" in wool sockets sewn to liner; headpiece has beaded browband (white ground with 3 red and blue stepped designs surmounted by blue cross), ermine tail trim and two bison (?) horn tips, one at each side of browband; all feathers on trail have blonde horsehair (?) at top attached with mastic.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Accipitridae
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Worn only as a symbol of recognition of skill and success in war; often considered to have protective power. Bonnets were worn during battles or raids, and also as part of the full dress costume on peaceful occasions.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 232 centimeters and height 43 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-760, 761, 762. Exhibited: UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971.
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), and S1961-1962 #6: American Association of University Women, Berkeley Branch (July 28, 1961–July 31, 1961)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled War bonnet, accession number 2-4897, described as With full single trail. Fulled red wool lined with buckskin and trimmed with single row of eagle feathers on wood "pins" in wool sockets sewn to liner; headpiece has beaded browband (white ground with 3 red and blue stepped designs surmounted by blue cross), ermine tail trim and two bison (?) horn tips, one at each side of browband; all feathers on trail have blonde horsehair (?) at top attached with mastic.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled War bonnet, accession number 2-4897, described as With full single trail. Fulled red wool lined with buckskin and trimmed with single row of eagle feathers on wood "pins" in wool sockets sewn to liner; headpiece has beaded browband (white ground with 3 red and blue stepped designs surmounted by blue cross), ermine tail trim and two bison (?) horn tips, one at each side of browband; all feathers on trail have blonde horsehair (?) at top attached with mastic.

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