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Headdress

Buffalo Dance Headdress

Object Number:86-26-2
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Delaware Culture
Lenape
Provenience: United States of America
Oklahoma
Anadarko
Culture Area: Northeast Culture Area
Maker: Willy Thomas
Date Made: ca. 1898
Early Date: 1873
Late Date: 1900
Section:American
Materials:Otter Skin
Bead
Buffalo Horn
Macaw Feather
Credit Line:Purchased from Stephen Barnett, 1986
Other Number:279 - Other Number

Description

Otter skin hat with two beaded medallions, two buffalo horns and a macaw feathered pendant. Speck's notes are attached. Made by Will Thomas

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008) View Objects in Exhibition
Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

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