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Object Number
86-23-10/39252
Display Title
Feather head-dress, blue
Descriptions
Object Description
Feather head-dress, blue. These [head-dresses] are from 3 to 5 ft. in length; made by sewing the shafts of feathers together. They are like the headdresses shown in Figs. 30 & 31 in Powers "Tribes of California". These were all found in one of the large baskets.
Inventory Description
Headdress, feathers forming a band, quills at center, blue/black, rolled
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
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: 21 x 11.7 x 6 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39.252/ POISON
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Stephen Bowers
(1885 - 1886)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86-23-10/39254 | Feather head-dress, white tips |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39253 | Feather head-dress, small, black |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39256 | Feather head-dresses, red shafts (5) |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39255 | Feather head-dresses, red and black shafts (2) |
Headdress
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39257 | Feather head-dresses, dark feathers (5) |
Headband
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39258 | Feather head-dresses, different colors (10) |
Headband
|
Castaic
| |
| 86-23-10/39251 | Head bands or head-dresses |
Headband
|
Castaic
| |
| 11-12-70/80499 | Head dress, of feathers, basketry, cloth and beads |
Headdress
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 95-30-10/65695 | Head dresses |
Headdress
|
Arizona
| |
| 36-79-20/4552 | 12 terra cotta figures- multi-colored headdresses and fur dresses |
Figurine
Raw Material |
Toluca
| |
| 985-27-30/11524 | Woyawoi woven man's head band/dress. Red, yellow, and green parrot(?) feathers a |
Headdress
|
Guyana
| |
| 71-11-30/4715.2 | Headdress of feathers (olok) |
Headdress
|
Suriname
Dutch Guiana |