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Object Number
985-27-10/59196
Display Title
Buckskin war cap. Broad band of bayetta around base. Buckskin folded up and over
Descriptions
Object Description
Buckskin war cap. Broad band of bayetta around base. Buckskin folded up and over bayetta and cut into zigzag pattern and painted blue. Buckskin longer at back and cut into strips. Blue painted designs. Most of cap covered w/ cut turkey feathers. 2 eagle feathers. Wind tracks design and design representing the slayer of monsters.
Inventory Description
Headdress, leather w/blue pigment, crest of feathers, red fabric accents, chin s
Classification
- Headdress
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1871
Culture
- White Mountain Apache?
- Apache
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona?
Dimensions
Overall: 42.5 x 18.3 x 35.4 cm (16 3/4 x 7 3/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59196
Provenance
Owner
Mrs. George Crook
Owner
Mrs. William R. Morris
(07/01/1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(01/01/1878-01/01/1893)
Collector
General George Crook
(01/01/1871)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(07/01/1930 - 01/01/1985)
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