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Headdress or Feather Bonnet

Arts of the Americas

CULTURES Osage or Sioux or Cheyenne
MEDIUM Feathers, hide, beads, ermine tails, wool, horsehair
  • Place Made: Pahuska, Oklahoma, United States
    • DATES late 19th or early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 16 15/16 x 7 7/8 in. (43.0 x 20.0 cm)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 11.694.9021
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Eagle feather headdress. Probably not Osage and more likely Cheyenne or Sioux. Feathers are tattered, in poor condition. See notes: this is not the headdress purchased from Bacon Rind.
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