Headdress Of Medicine Man
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Mar 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. John G. Bourke
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Paraphernalia of the medicine man of the Apaches and other tribes. The Chawihbithe or headdress and mask, of the principal medicine man, as used in the Chajala, or Ghost Dance, of the Apaches. Long rain-drops, lightning, clouds, sun, morning and evening star are represented. The feathers of the Turkey and Gull are symbolical of the mountain and water gods respectively. Obtained from Ramon, the head medicine man of the Chiricahua Apaches." John G. Bourke illustrates and writes about the headdress, and also writes about Ramon participating in a ceremony at Fort Marion, FL in 1887, in his article "The Medicine-Men of the Apaches", in the BAE 9th Annual Report; see pp. 582 - 586 and Plate V (after p. 586.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Oct 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache, Chiricahua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 024142
label: USNM Number
content: E151877-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress