Sheepskin Headdress For 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.--BAND SEVEN INCHES BROAD, OF SHEEPSKIN, WITH LONG STRIPS AT SIDE WHICH ARE FITTED WITH STICKS INSIDE TO MAKE THEM STAND ERECT LIKE HORNS. WOOL IS INSIDE, AND THE OUTSIDE IS STRIPED IN BLACK AND DULL WHITE. WORN BY THE MOQUIS (Hopi) INDIANS OF TUZEYAM IN THEIR DANCES. CIRCUMFERENCE, 22 INS. HEIGHT, 22 INS. N. E. ARIZONA, 1876. 22,906. COLLECTED BY MAJ. J. W. POWELL, U. S. GEOL. AND GEOG. SURVEY."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: E22906-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Circumference - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 56 cm