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Dance hood
Object Number 08-14-10/73081
Display Title Dance hood
Descriptions
Object Description Dance hood, probably used in an Acoma religious ceremony.
Inventory Description Headwear, band, leather, pigment, fur backed with red wool
Classification
  • Headwear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Acoma?
  • Pueblo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Fur, Leather, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 27 x 25 cm (4 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-14-10/73081, 73081
Provenance
Donor Mrs. Thomas B. Bishop (? - 1908)

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