Headdress Of Indian
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1854
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Amiel W. Whipple
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "DEER SKIN CAP WITH BUNCH OF FEATHERS. SKULL-CAP OF BUCKSKIN, FITTED WITH CHIN-STRAP OF SAME PEAK ORNAMENTED WITH LARGE BUNCH OF MOTTLED-BROWN AND GREY FEATHERS AND RED-FLANNEL STRIPS; CROWN PIERCED WITH ROWS OF HOLES, AND EDGE OR RIM ORNAMENTED WITH STRIP OF RED FLANNEL. CIRCUMFERENCE, 19", HEIGHT 4"."
label: Notes
content: See Part III, p. 53, in United States. War Department, et al. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.3 (1856). doi: 10.5479/sil.400661.39088020039939 One of the objects they collection is described as "A Colorado [presumed to refer to the Colorado River, not the state] chieftain's head-dress - a conical cap of soft leather, whitened outside with a pigment, apparently of clay, punched full of holes, and edged with a red band. A bunch of dark feathers is secured at the crown, and a number of lighter and pendant ones incline in one direction from it."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona / New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E1443-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Circumference - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm