Plume

Museum number:
1-10045
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010045
Alternate number:
153a (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 dance plume. Carried or worn in dances. This piece formed a pair with 1-10046; a single dancer carried such a pair. 10037-38 (skirts), 10039-10042 (headbands), and 10043-46 (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 with 1-10046; a single dancer carried such a pair. 10037-38 (skirts), 10039-10042 (headbands), and 10043-46 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "tiuka". Photo: 15-4813. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 72.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plume, accession number 1-10045, described as Feather dance plume. Carried or worn in dances. This piece formed a pair with 1-10046; a single dancer carried such a pair. 10037-38 (skirts), 10039-10042 (headbands), and 10043-46 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plume, accession number 1-10045, described as Feather dance plume. Carried or worn in dances. This piece formed a pair with 1-10046; a single dancer carried such a pair. 10037-38 (skirts), 10039-10042 (headbands), and 10043-46 (dance plumes) are said by owner to form complete dance suit.

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