Headdress
Artist
Sioux
Mediumfeathers, bone, hair, quill, beads, leather
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Ogden B. Read
Object number1881.3.46 LA
DescriptionHeaddress with clipped crow feathers at front, top of head band, pheasant feathers at sides on top of headband. Two "horns" of shaved bone with a tuft of red hair bound to the tip of each with red dyed porcupine quill wrapping. Porcupine quill wrapped thong of blue, yellow and red keeps "horns" from flopping down over wearer's ears. Bead work in white, dark blue and light blue at front of headband.On View
Not on viewCollections
Plains (Native American)
late 19th century, early 20th
19th century
Waiwai (Native Amazonian)
Waiwai (Native Amazonian)
NWCoast/Alaska
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