Feather holder

Museum number:
2-5204a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21025204a@2dc
Alternate number:
12 A-C (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
(a) Feather holder. Tube made of dog leg bone; plate of holder is made from shoulder blade or large rib of a buffalo or elk. (b-c) 2 eagle feathers.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Taxon:
Accipitridae and Canis lupus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Worn by men at meetings of Hethushka Society and also as part of gala dress of a warrior. Worn with 2/5203 (headdress roach). Probably associated with 2-5264 (skewer) (fide David Finster, 1969).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 11 centimeters, (b)— length 39.3 centimeters, (c)— length 36.9 centimeters, (a)— width 4 centimeters, and (a)— height 5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: See Plate 55, p. 441*. Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971. References: *p. 459-480, "The Omaha Tribe", BAE 27 (for description of the Society). Worn by men at meetings of Hethushka Society and also as part of gala dress of a warrior. Worn with 2/5203 (headdress roach). Probably associated with 2-5264 (skewer) (fide David Finster, 1969).
Loans:
S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Feather holder, accession number 2-5204a-c, described as (a) Feather holder. Tube made of dog leg bone; plate of holder is made from shoulder blade or large rib of a buffalo or elk. (b-c) 2 eagle feathers.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Feather holder, accession number 2-5204a-c, described as (a) Feather holder. Tube made of dog leg bone; plate of holder is made from shoulder blade or large rib of a buffalo or elk. (b-c) 2 eagle feathers.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Feather holder, accession number 2-5204a-c, described as (a) Feather holder. Tube made of dog leg bone; plate of holder is made from shoulder blade or large rib of a buffalo or elk. (b-c) 2 eagle feathers.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Feather holder, accession number 2-5204a-c, described as (a) Feather holder. Tube made of dog leg bone; plate of holder is made from shoulder blade or large rib of a buffalo or elk. (b-c) 2 eagle feathers.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feather holder, accession number 2-5204a-c, described as (a) Feather holder. Tube made of dog leg bone; plate of holder is made from shoulder blade or large rib of a buffalo or elk. (b-c) 2 eagle feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feather holder, accession number 2-5204a-c, described as (a) Feather holder. Tube made of dog leg bone; plate of holder is made from shoulder blade or large rib of a buffalo or elk. (b-c) 2 eagle feathers.

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