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Object Number
985-27-10/59199
Display Title
Medicine man's headdress. Made of buckskin. Band of bayetta around base.
Descriptions
Object Description
Medicine man's headdress. Made of buckskin. Band of bayetta around base. Buckskin folded up over cloth & cut in zigzags & painted blue. Brass discs all along bottom. Cap painted w/ blue, yellow, brown & white designs. Horn on each side of cap. Abalone shells hang off front. 25.6x33 cm.
Inventory Description
Headdress, leather with erect crest, pigment, brass, fabric and feather deco
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Apache
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona?
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 27.7 x 32.3 cm (12 x 10 7/8 x 12 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59199
Provenance
Owner
Mrs. George Crook
Owner
Mrs. William R. Morris
(07/01/1930)
Owner
William Radcliff Morris
(01/01/1878-01/01/1893)
Collector
General George Crook
(Unknown)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(07/01/1930 - 01/01/1985)
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