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Object Number
985-27-10/59219
Display Title
Hopi Antelope priest's headdress (chu a nakua), made from eagle breast feathers
Descriptions
Object Description
Hopi Antelope priest's headdress (chu a nakua). Headdress made from eagle breast feathers dyed red. These are all attached w/ cotton string which is also red. Blue bird feathers are attached to the tips of the eagle feathers and to string.
Inventory Description
Headdress, feather bundle bound withsinew to yarn, bl feathers tied to ends
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1899?
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
/
Hopi Reservation
/
Second Mesa
/
Mishongnovi
Additional Geographic Terms
Second Mesa
Materials
Feather, Sinew, Thread, Yarn
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 22.5 x 1 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59219
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(08/01/1912)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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