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Object Number
87-11-10/40898
Display Title
Buffalo dance headdress
Descriptions
Object Description
Buffalo dance headdress. Made of clipped crow feathers at top. Red wool trade cloth
Inventory Description
Headdress, hide crown of clipped feathers, carved horn attachments, hair, quilled hide thongs, red wool beaded flap
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hidatsa?
- Mandan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota
/
Mountrail County
/
Fort Berthold Reservation
North America / United States / North Dakota / Mercer County / Fort Berthold Reservation
North America / United States / North Dakota / Dunn County / Fort Berthold Reservation
North America / United States / North Dakota / Mercer County / Fort Berthold Reservation
North America / United States / North Dakota / Dunn County / Fort Berthold Reservation
Additional Geographic Terms
Dakota Territory
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 90 x 9 cm (11 7/16 x 35 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40898
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
(1886 - ?)
Donor
Prof. William James
(? - April 16, 1887)
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