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Headdress

headdress with leather cap/headpiece with beaded band around front top with white beads with two lines of blue triangles, two red bars and two lines of red and orange triangles at either end; long red wool strips at each side of headdress, backed with buffalo hide; brown and cream eagle feathers overall; some feathers at top have light brown horsehair strands attached to ends; eagle feather at center back accented with bright red and bright purple feathers; images of cows' heads drawn on leather beneath feathers on crown of head

Date
late19th-early 20th century
In our collection
since May the 21st, 2010 up to now
Dimensions
54 1/4 × 7 × 22 1/4 in. (137.8 × 17.78 × 56.52 cm) (approx.)
Location
G261
Medium
Bald eagle and other feathers, wool, buffalo hide, cowhide, horsehair, beads, pigments
Price
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Composition
zinc34%
cadmium66%