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Object Number
985-27-10/60196
Display Title
Blackfoot horned headdress. 2 cloth-covered horns, tacks, bells, ribbon
Descriptions
Object Description
Blackfoot ceremonial headdress. Cap w/ 2 horns covered w/ cloth and decorated w/ brass tacks, brass bells & ribbon. Cap of hide lined w/ cloth. Brow band of beads in white & black interlocking triangles. Top covered w/ ermine. Long tubes of ermine, cloth strips & ribbon hang off back. 59.3x37.1 cm. On visual inspection the base of the cap may be human scalp tissue covered with short hair that appears to have been cut.
Inventory Description
Headdress, skin and fabric cap with ermine extensions leather horns bells beaded
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1899?
Culture
- Blackfoot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 50.3 x 29.5 x 27 cm (19 13/16 x 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60196
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1919 - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1919 - 1985)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Headdress
|
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|
Montana?
| |
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Headdress
|
United States
| |
| 985-27-10/60433A | Blackfoot beaded shirt. |
Raw Material
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| |
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Headdress
Raw Material |
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
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Shaft, modified
Headdress |
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
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Shaft, modified
Fan |
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| |
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Shirt
|
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| |
| 05-7-10/65520 | Headdress |
Headdress
|
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| |
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Figurine
|
Arizona
| |
| 33-77-10/1775 | War bonnet with ermine and eagle feathers |
Raw Material
Headdress |
United States
| |
| 2003.1.660 | Medicine bundle, horn, perforated with metal rings & bells, fur & fiber cap |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Africa
|