Headband part

Museum number:
1-11634
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.284
Description:
Row of small flat sticks covered with remains of feathers and deerskin.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
From the top of head band of red headed woodpecker feathers; showing the construction of this.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband part, accession number 1-11634, described as Row of small flat sticks covered with remains of feathers and deerskin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband part, accession number 1-11634, described as Row of small flat sticks covered with remains of feathers and deerskin.

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