War Bonnet

Object Number:

45-15-527

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Sioux (uncertain)
Cheyenne (uncertain)

Provenience:

South Dakota

Culture Area:

Plains (Culture Area)

Section:

American

Materials:

Felt
Flannel
Eagle Feather
Horsehair
Buckskin
Glass

Technique:

Beaded

Description:

Felt cap; red flannel trailer bound w/ yellow; 73 eagle tail feathers tipped w/ down and greyish-yellow horsehair; buckskin brow-band, beaded dark green, yellow, red tipis, white ground; Eagle plume feathers.

Credit Line:

Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens

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