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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
- Arapaho
- Plains
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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