Headdress

38-8-2

From: United States of America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38-8-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Provenience United States of America
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Felt | Eagle Feathers | Horsehair | Beads
Description

War bonnet. Felt cap with beaded forehead band in tipi design, red, light and dark blue on white ground. 21 eagle feathers with stems wrapped with red flannel, tips tufted with red, green and natural downy feathers; 2 bunches of smaller dyed feathers and horsehair pendent at the back.

Height 45.72 cm
Credit Line Gift of Rodman Wanamaker III, 1938

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