War Bonnet

40-33-28

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-33-28
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Plains Indian | Blackfeet (uncertain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Fiber | Bead | Buffalo Horn | Eagle Feather
Description

Rawhide band with frontal strip of red cloth having narrower beaded band: green and dark blue triangles with white dots. Small buffalo horns, 23 eagle feathers, medium, and many small ones in bonnet. Cloth streamer with 23 eagle feathers.

Length 134.62 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Hinckle Smith, 1940

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