Hair Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: [Describing all parts in E152873-0 through -1:] 1. Metal hoop wrapped with beadwork, pendant strands of beads, and piece of fur. 2.25" (6 cm) 2. Hide disk covered with overlay beadwork in geometric pattern, multi-colored silk ribbons attached to back. 1.75" (4 cm). Records: Head ornament for men. These ornaments are sometimes consecrated and a religious meaning is given to them. (ML). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Oct 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152873-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hair Ornament