Eagle feather bonnet
Artist:
Sioux
Medium: Buffalo hide, feathers, horsehair, resin, sinew
Dimensions:Other: 50 × 26 cm (19 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ogden B. Read
Object number: 1881.3.56
DescriptionSkull cap of buffalo hide decorated with crow feathers attached by thongs, forty upright golden eagle tail and secondary wing feathers form outer circle. Yellow horsehair tufts attached with resin to tips of feathers. Red-dyed feathers sinew-sewn onto brow. Red stroud triangular strips at sides, trailing to rear.