Lance banner

Museum number:
2-4900
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004900
Alternate number:
85 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Strip of red cloth, eagle feathers attached.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Comanche
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Accipitridae
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Context of use:
Probably warrior insignia originally attached to a lance." "Comanche society insignia worn for dancing." "Probably carried into battle (function att. by David Finster, 1969)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Exhibited: UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lance banner, accession number 2-4900, described as Strip of red cloth, eagle feathers attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lance banner, accession number 2-4900, described as Strip of red cloth, eagle feathers attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lance banner, accession number 2-4900, described as Strip of red cloth, eagle feathers attached.

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