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Object Number
86-23-10/39251
Display Title
Head bands or head-dresses
Descriptions
Object Description
Head bands or head-dresses (or banners) (8). 3 to 5 ft. in length; made by sewing the shafts of feathers together. Like the headdresses shown in Figs. 30 & 31 in Powers "Tribes of California". These were all found in one of the large baskets. Worn in ceremonies.
N16979, N3951
Inventory Description
Headbands, black, white and gray clipped feathers, quills strung together with
Classification
- Headband
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1810
Culture
- Chumash?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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California
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Los Angeles County
/
Castaic
Additional Geographic Terms
San Martin Mountains; Castac, cave 2 miles from
Materials
Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 27.5 x 10.5 x 6.5 cm (10 13/16 x 4 1/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
39251
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Stephen Bowers
(1885 - 1886)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86-23-10/39257 | Feather head-dresses, dark feathers (5) |
Headband
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39256 | Feather head-dresses, red shafts (5) |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39255 | Feather head-dresses, red and black shafts (2) |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39258 | Feather head-dresses, different colors (10) |
Headband
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39254 | Feather head-dress, white tips |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39253 | Feather head-dress, small, black |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39252 | Feather head-dress, blue |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 36-79-20/4552 | 12 terra cotta figures- multi-colored headdresses and fur dresses |
Raw Material
Figurine |
Toluca
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 95-30-10/65695 | Head dresses |
Headdress
|
Arizona
| |
| 26-46-20/C10010 | Feather head dresses |
Regalia
|
Bocas del Toro
| |
| 2004.29.16104 | Three Bagobo warriors - their head-dresses show the number of men killed by them |
Philippines
| ||
| 2004.24.17475 | Elk teeth dresses, Crow Indians |
Montana
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