Ornament For The Back In Dancing
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 May 1876
name: label: Collector
content: U. S. Department of Interior
label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---CIRCULAR FRAMEWORK OF LIGHT WOOD, ON THE INNER SIDE OF WHICH IS ATTACHED A CIRCULAR BAND OF CORN-HUSK, AND ON THE EXTERIOR, OVER THE CENTER, A CIRCULAR DISK OF HIDE PAINTED GREEN AND STRIPED WITH RED, YELLOW, AND BLACK. AROUND OUTER PERIPHERY IS A CIRCULAR BAND OF CORN-HUSK PLAITED IN ZIGZAG PATTERN. WORN ON BACK OF HEAD BY MOQUIS (Hopi) INDIANS OF TUZEYAM IN THEIR NATIVE DANCES. MAXIMUM DIAM., 10 INS. DIAM. OF DISK, 6 1/2 INS. N. E. ARIZONA, 1876. 22,909. U. S. GEOL. AND GEOG. SURVEY, MAJOR J. W. POWELL."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00060
label: USNM Number
content: E22909-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Diameter - Disk
content: 16.5 cm