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Object Number
985-27-10/60163
Display Title
Eagle feather bonnet.
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux eagle feather bonnet. Swept back w/ out trail. Bison hide skull cap, top decorated w/ eagle feathers attached to cap by means of a rawhide strip. Quill of feather wrapped w/ cloth. Beaded brow band has light blue ground. Dyed horsehair attached to top of each eagle feather. 73x46.8 cm.
Inventory Description
Feather headdress, hair tipped, leather cap, beadwork trim, leather ties
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Hunkpapa
- Lakota
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 41 x 63 x 45.5 cm (16 1/8 x 24 13/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Bequest of William H. Claflin, Jr., 1985
Provenance
Owner
Chief Rain In The Face
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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