Charm
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Of eagle feathers and snake rattle. "Charm or Ornament worn in the Ballplay: It was worn on the head of a player & consists of two eagle feathers & a rattlesnake rattle, & is trimmed with red cloth hair from a deer's tail. The eagle feathers & the deer's hair are intended to give speed to the player, while the snake rattle renders him terrible to his opponents & is emblematic of success. The original charm was (illegible) aged and was afterward restored by an Indian, who allowed some feather stubs to remain, because they were feathers of the sunawa or great hawk, which is also supposed to possess magic power. - James Mooney Notes."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cherokee
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 024012
label: USNM Number
content: E135185-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress