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Not your standard headdress. This one starts with a felt hat and adds eagle feathers, horse hair, and other decorative items. Check out the other pictures for a better view.
| Makers |
|---|
| Sioux 990 |
| Descriptions |
| porcupine 379 cloth 876 eagle 171 felt 201 rawhide 1018 horsehair 91 quills 403 yellow 526 red dyed 4 red/white hearts 133 Beads 2617 brown 254 feathers 641 |
| Names |
| headdress 61 |
| Subjects |
| triangle 152 |
| Date: |
| ca. 1890 |
| Dimensions: |
| L: 24 in, H: 16 in |
| Remarks: |
| Dress and Adornment - Status Symbols and Insignia of Office. Headdress - brown felt hat; eagle feathers, bases of feathers wrapped with yellow cloth, red dyed horse hair at tips; rawhide strips wrapped with red, orange, white and purple quills attached to front feathers; beaded brow band with triangle pattern in red/white hearts, purple and blue on white ground; four square cloth pouches attached to hat, two inside, two outside. |
| Accession Number: |
| NA.205.67 |
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