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Object Number
39-35-10/18391
Display Title
War bonnet. Leather with eagle and owl feathers.
Descriptions
Object Description
War bonnet. Leather with eagle and owl feathers. Commercially tanned hide is attached to the feather piece. The combination of owl and bald eagle feathers were used in prayer. The buckskin below is not cut properly for a war cap. The feather piece may have been from something else previously.
Inventory Description
Headdress, leather cap w/scalloped and punctate edge, chin ties, eagle/owl feath
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1938
Artist
Bidaga
(08/01/1938)
Culture
- Apache?
- Navajo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
/
McKinley County
Additional Geographic Terms
Ramah
Materials
Leather, Feather, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 56 x 25.4 x 10 cm (22 1/16 x 10 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-35-10/18391
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Harry Tschopik, Jr.
(08/01/1938)
Donor
Dr. Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn
(04/12/1939)
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