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Object Number
52-27-10/33524
Display Title
'Gan' or 'Mountain spirit' headdress.
Descriptions
Object Description
'Gan' or 'Mountain spirit' headdress. Black cloth, wooden head piece, eagle feathers, yucca boards painted white with multi-colored designs. Worn by men at girls' puberty dance.
Inventory Description
Headdress, black hood, pointed sticks create painted fan shaped headdress
Classification
- Headdress
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1949
Culture
- San Carlos Apache
- Apache
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wood, Cotton, Eagle feather, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 88 x 65 x 2 cm (34 5/8 x 25 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52-27-10/33524
Provenance
Collector
Denver Art Museum
(Unknown)
Intermediary
Mr. Frederic H. Douglas
(05/06/1952)
Exchange participant
Denver Art Museum
(1952)
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