Headdress

45-15-526

From: United States of America | Minnesota

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-526
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux (uncertain) | Cheyenne (uncertain)
Provenience United States of America | Minnesota
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Felt | Flannel | Buckskin | Eagle Feathers | Horsehair | Glass
Technique Beaded
Description

Felt cap, red flannel around cap extending into long trailer. 84 eagle tail feathers, tipped with yellow dyed horsehair, beaded buckskin brow-band. Blue-red tipis, white ground, eagle plume pendants.

Length 230 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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