Headdress
38-8-2
From: United States of America
Curatorial Section: American
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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