Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
label: Collector
content: William Courtenay
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "For the neck [sic]. Of human hair?"
label: Notes
content: Illustrated Fig. 76, p. 415 in Bushnell, David I. "The Various Uses of Buffalo Hair by the North American Indians." American Anthropologist, New Series, 11, no. 3 (1909): 401-25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/659627. Identified there as headdress of buffalo hair, which would be attached to the hair to make it appear longer. It is described pp. 416-418 as consisting "... of thirteen strands of [buffalo] hair, each of which is about 32 inches in length. Each strand is fomed of a quantity of hair held together by many small masses of gum, to which white clay still adheres. The thirteen strands are attached to a narrow band of beaver skin, to the ends of which are fastened narrow thongs: these probably served to secure it to the head of the wearer. A metal disk, four inches in diameter, serves as an additional ornament, being attached near the top of the headdress."
label: Notes
content: Culture identification changed from Sioux to Hidatsa, Arikara, or Mandan by Candace Greene May 2017 based on a full review of the collecting history.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hidatsa (?)
label: Culture
content: Arikara (Sahnish) (?)
label: Culture
content: Mandan (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025748
label: USNM Number
content: E167145-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress