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Hupa, ancient Jumping Dance headdress (front view)
Hupa, ancient Jumping Dance headdress (front view)
Object Number 2004.29.3767
Display Title Hupa, ancient Jumping Dance headdress (front view)
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Athapascan, Hupa / Front. / Ancient Jumping Dance Headdress. Front made of Apocynim (probably) & covered with feathers from the scalp of a woodpecker. Original now in Peabody Museum Salem. Only other specimen now known (1908) in Peabody Mus. Harvard."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Mask and Headdress
Subject
  • Headdress
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Athapascan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 x 25.4 cm (6 x 10 in.)

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