Headdress model

Museum number:
1-13823
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010013823
Accession number:
Acc.325
Description:
Of hawk feathers. Two strings with approximately 100 small feathers attached.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Bernardino; Needles
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
February 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Model. Worn in the "Annual" or mourning ceremony. This headdress is worn on top of the head, attached by strings fastened under the chin.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 29 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress model, accession number 1-13823, described as Of hawk feathers. Two strings with approximately 100 small feathers attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress model, accession number 1-13823, described as Of hawk feathers. Two strings with approximately 100 small feathers attached.

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