Headdress
Buffalo Dance Headdress
Object Number:
86-26-2
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Delaware Culture
Lenape
Provenience:
Oklahoma
Anadarko
Culture Area:
Northeast
Maker:
Willy Thomas
Date Made:
c. 1898
Early Date:
1873
Late Date:
1900
Section:
American
Materials:
Otter Skin
Bead
Buffalo Horn
Macaw Feather
Description:
Otter skin hat with two beaded medallions, two buffalo horns and a macaw feathered pendant. Speck's notes are attached.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Stephen Barnett
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008)
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