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Object Number 39-30-10/18245
Display Title Buffalo skin headdress
Descriptions
Object Description Skin of buffalo head made into headdress - human hair looped on for decoration, probably modern
Inventory Description Headdress, buffalo head with horns, maroon piping around edge, felt lining
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Date 1867-1899
Culture
  • Plains
  • Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Plains
Materials Hide
Dimensions Overall: 36 x 27.2 x 16.2 cm (14 3/16 x 10 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B9..39-30-10/18245/ Buffalo Headdress / Do not use
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (3/31/1939; 6/2/1939)

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