Cap Or Hat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John B. White
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. John B. White
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OLD LABEL: "HEAD-DRESS.-BAND OF RED FLANNEL, LINED WITH CALICO, GATHERED AT TOP, AND ORNAMENTED WITH TUFT OF WHITE FEATHERS AT PEAK; BLUE BEAD-WORK ON CROWN, AND BAND OF BLUE CLOTH ORNAMENTED WITH WHITE BUTTONS AROUND EDGE. RED TAPE CHIN-STRAP AROUND EDGE. RED TAPE CHIN-STRAP ORNAMENTED WITH BUTTONS." FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---BAND OF RED FLANNEL, LINED WITH CALICO, GATHERED AT TOP, AND ORNAMENTED WITH TUFT OF WHITE FEATHERS AT PEAK; BLUE BEAD-WORK ON CROWN, AND BAND OF BLUE CLOTH ORNAMENTED WITH WHITE BUTTONS AROUND EDGE. RED TAPE CHIN-STRAP ORNAMENTED WITH BUTTONS. APACHE INDIANS. CIRCUMFERENCE, 20 INS. HEIGHT, 4 1/2 INS. ARIZONA, 1876. 21,531. COLLECTED BY DR. J. B. WHITE, U.S.A."
label: Notes
content: “Ornamental feather hats very scarce and highly prized by the Apaches, particularly because they are made of eagles feathers, the 2 black ones.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004869
label: USNM Number
content: E21531-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Circumference - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11.4 cm