Headband

Museum number:
1-26371
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.100GD
Description:
Cedar bark; braided with tuft at center; unbraided fringe at ends.
Donor:
Eugene A. Golomshtok
Collection place:
Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta
Culture or time period:
Atsugewi
Maker or artist:
Wife of Buckskin Jack
Collector:
Eugene A. Golomshtok
Collection date:
1924
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 28, 1925
Context of use:
Maiden's dress at puberty ceremony.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 28.5 centimeters and width 3.4 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "Latuma".
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Headband, accession number 1-26371, described as Cedar bark; braided with tuft at center; unbraided fringe at ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Headband, accession number 1-26371, described as Cedar bark; braided with tuft at center; unbraided fringe at ends.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Headband, accession number 1-26371, described as Cedar bark; braided with tuft at center; unbraided fringe at ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 1-26371, described as Cedar bark; braided with tuft at center; unbraided fringe at ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 1-26371, described as Cedar bark; braided with tuft at center; unbraided fringe at ends.

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