Plume

Museum number:
1-4350
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004350
Alternate number:
1597 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Head plume. Headdress of fragile white feathers, bound with red material and string.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Feather (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Headdress for large boy.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 17 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plume, accession number 1-4350, described as Head plume. Headdress of fragile white feathers, bound with red material and string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plume, accession number 1-4350, described as Head plume. Headdress of fragile white feathers, bound with red material and string.

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