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Object Number
40-39-10/19383
Display Title
Headdress
Descriptions
Object Description
Headdress--canvas skull cap and back piece to which feathers are attached; beadwork band in white, green, blue, and red across forehead; surmounted by a pair of buffalo horns; small round mirror in center
Inventory Description
Feather headdress, cap deco. with beadwork, horns, ribbon, hair and mirror
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1902
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 97 x 34 cm (13 x 38 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Patrick Jackson, 1940
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Ernest T. Jackson
(1897)
Donor
Mr. Patrick T. Jackson
(1940)
Donor
Mr. Ernest T. Jackson
(1940)
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