Shredded tule foundation. Feathered skewers. "Big Head.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett and University Appropriation
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses and Skewers
Accession date:
1960
Context of use:
Worn in the Maru ("Dreamer") ceremony. This ceremony is an outgrowth of the Ghost Dance religion which originated in Mason Valley, NV and spread over much of the Pacific Coast in 1870-72.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #97b: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968)