Plume

Museum number:
1-10043
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010043
Alternate number:
152b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Feather plume. Carried or worn in dances. This piece formed a pair used by a single dancer with 1-10044. 10038 (skirt), 10039 (headband), 10041 (net), 10043, 10044, 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
West Point, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; West Point
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Ephe Cummings
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
ca. 1897
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Carried or worn in dances. This piece formed a pair used by a single dancer with 1-10044. 10038 (skirt), 10039 (headband), 10041 (net), 10043, 10044, 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "tuika". Photo: 15-4813. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 72; Bureau of American Ethnology Bull. 78, fig. 21.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plume, accession number 1-10043, described as Feather plume. Carried or worn in dances. This piece formed a pair used by a single dancer with 1-10044. 10038 (skirt), 10039 (headband), 10041 (net), 10043, 10044, 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plume, accession number 1-10043, described as Feather plume. Carried or worn in dances. This piece formed a pair used by a single dancer with 1-10044. 10038 (skirt), 10039 (headband), 10041 (net), 10043, 10044, 10045, and 10046 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.

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