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Object Number
985-27-10/58970
Display Title
Bean dance headdress (Powamu Kopuchoki).
Descriptions
Object Description
Bean dance headdress (Powamu Kopuchoki). Made of cornhusks split and tied into 3 parts (flowers). Half of each of the petals is painted red, the other half is left plain. Some of the cornhusk petals are broken.
Inventory Description
Headdress, twisted cornhusks, 3 projections, rd and bl pig., yucca binding
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1985?
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Corn husk, Yucca, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 32.3 x 18 x 7 cm (12 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58970
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(08/01/1917)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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