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:
-