Headdress or Feather Bonnet

Artist:OsageSiouxCheyenne

Medium: Feathers, hide, beads, ermine tails, wool, horsehair

Geograhical Locations:

• 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

Exhibitions:

• Objects of Myth and Memory

Accession Number: 11.694.9021

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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