Cape

Museum number:
1-10038
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010038
Alternate number:
147 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Dance skirt, made with speckled hawk and buzzard feathers. 1-10037, 10040, 10042 (headbands) and, 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Capes (outerwear)
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
This piece with 10039, 10041 (headbands), 10043, 10044, 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit. Worn at dances. A whistle is either attached to the skirt with long string or is removed when it is used reports
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "suyu" - hawk feathers. Photo: 15-4773, 15-8279. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pls. 57, 64, and 65; Bureau of American Ethnology Bull. 78, pl. 80.
Loans:
S1960-1961 #8: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Samuel A. Barrett (June 8, 1961–June 21, 1961)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cape, accession number 1-10038, described as Dance skirt, made with speckled hawk and buzzard feathers. 1-10037, 10040, 10042 (headbands) and, 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cape, accession number 1-10038, described as Dance skirt, made with speckled hawk and buzzard feathers. 1-10037, 10040, 10042 (headbands) and, 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.

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