With attached yellow glass beads. Made with flicker feathers.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Worn on ceremonial occasions.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 63.5 centimeters and width 12.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #85: National Park Service (May 5, 1976–November 17, 1976), S1984-1985 #46: Crocker Art Museum (June 7, 1985–November 18, 1985), and S1985-1986 #16: Palm Springs Desert Museum (November 18, 1985–March 18, 1986)