Headband

Museum number:
1-236824
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2802
Description:
Beadwork. Glass seed beads. Complex geometric designs in blue, red, white and black; fringe on both ends.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
San Joaquin Valley, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected in Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
1903-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Used in dances.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 81 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 1-236824, described as Beadwork. Glass seed beads. Complex geometric designs in blue, red, white and black; fringe on both ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 1-236824, described as Beadwork. Glass seed beads. Complex geometric designs in blue, red, white and black; fringe on both ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 1-236824, described as Beadwork. Glass seed beads. Complex geometric designs in blue, red, white and black; fringe on both ends.

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