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Image Not Available for Chignon upon which maidens wind their hair to make their characteristic coiffure
Chignon upon which maidens wind their hair to make their characteristic coiffure
Image Not Available for Chignon upon which maidens wind their hair to make their characteristic coiffure
Object Number 45-25-10/28440
Display Title Chignon upon which maidens wind their hair to make their characteristic coiffure
Descriptions
Object Description Chignon upon which maidens wind their hair in making their characteristic coiffure
Inventory Description Hair piece, winged-shaped, woven fiber with hair wrapped around.
Classification
  • Headwear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Horsehair
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 17 x 2.5 cm (7 1/2 x 6 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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