Feathered pin

Museum number:
1-11018
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
64 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.269 and Acc.270
Description:
Owl feathers on pin, old. 1-11018-11020 constitute one set. Used by medicine men in dancing. Two ornaments are worn at the side of the head and the third is held in the hand.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Torres-Martinez Reservation, Riverside County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Riverside; Torros Reservation
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
March 1907
Taxon:
Asio
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used by medicine men in dancing. Two ornaments are worn at the side of the head and the third is held in the hand.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feathered pin, accession number 1-11018, described as Owl feathers on pin, old. 1-11018-11020 constitute one set. Used by medicine men in dancing. Two ornaments are worn at the side of the head and the third is held in the hand.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feathered pin, accession number 1-11018, described as Owl feathers on pin, old. 1-11018-11020 constitute one set. Used by medicine men in dancing. Two ornaments are worn at the side of the head and the third is held in the hand.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feathered pin, accession number 1-11018, described as Owl feathers on pin, old. 1-11018-11020 constitute one set. Used by medicine men in dancing. Two ornaments are worn at the side of the head and the third is held in the hand.

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