Navajo Helmet
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1887
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Washington Matthews
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: DECORATED HAT. TEA-CA-HI-GI-HI. BUCKSKIN. LAST ONE USED IN TRIBE. NOT NOW USED. ILLUS.: HNDBK. OF N. AMER., INDIANS, VOL. 10, SOUTHWEST, FIG. 4, PG. 509." Identified in the Handbook illustration caption as a "War hat of tanned leather with 2 flaps with perforated edges in back and a plume of owl feathers attached to the top with 2 pieces of rolled leather in front of it. The front edge is decorated with a strip of green cloth over which is a piece of scalloped leather with abalone shell attached."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E129572-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat