Feather Head Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: Livingston Stone
label: Donor Name
content: Livingston Stone
notes: label: Notes
content: Per Molly Gleeson, 2012, the red-purple feathers on this headdress are dyed. See: Gleeson, M., Pearlstein, E., Marshall, B. and Riedler, R. (2012), California Featherwork: Considerations for Examination and Preservation. Museum Anthropology, 35: 101–114. doi: 10.1111/j.1548-1379.2012.01126.x . Per p. 106: "On of the earliest examples of dyed feathers found by the authors is ... a Wintu head ornament (019274) with red-purple dyed feathers. The record states that it was collected by Livingston Stone in 1875 and was "used by the McCloud River Indians at their dances." Based on Stone's accounts, it is evident that items incorporating dyed feathers were made for traditional purposes. However, the appearance of dyed or nontraditional feathers may relay information about who the regalia was made for and the circumstances surrounding its manufacture." Per p. 108 "Some items that incorporate dyed feathers were made for use in ceremonies, but their use in these early items may represent a museum or collector influence."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Apr 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: McCloud River, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wintu, McCloud
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004457
label: USNM Number
content: E19274-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress