Coronet

Museum number:
1-10762
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010762
Alternate number:
752 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Headdress on top knot, made of buzzard and magpie feathers wrapped at base with weasel (?) skin. Crow feathers at base.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Taxon:
Mustela
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
1-10762 - 10765, 10739 - 10744, and 10955 belong to the same dance outfit.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "djuxa" or "djoka"; "octotc" (magpie), "cemin" (weasel). Photo: 15-4820.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #92: San Mateo County Historical Association (March 26, 1969–April 1, 1976)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coronet, accession number 1-10762, described as Headdress on top knot, made of buzzard and magpie feathers wrapped at base with weasel (?) skin. Crow feathers at base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coronet, accession number 1-10762, described as Headdress on top knot, made of buzzard and magpie feathers wrapped at base with weasel (?) skin. Crow feathers at base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coronet, accession number 1-10762, described as Headdress on top knot, made of buzzard and magpie feathers wrapped at base with weasel (?) skin. Crow feathers at base.

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