Man's Ceremonial Dance Headdress Item Number: 08.491.8693 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This headdress was worn perpendicularly at the back of the head, not vertically on the crown, as is common with Native American headdresses of very similar style worn by the Yokuts of Central California. In general structure it resembles Pomo headdresses. Supplementary files: "Dance headress for a man; brown straight feathers rise out of a ruff of soft feathers. A quill pendant hangs from the front of the ruff. Condition: good."
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
- Name
- Man's Ceremonial Dance Headdress
- Identification Number
- 08.491.8693
- Type of Item
- dance headdress and man
- Material
- magpie feather, red-shafted flicker quill, goose quill, clamshell bead, glass bead, cotton cord, plant fibre twine and willow rod
- Overall
- length 12.0 in, width 7.0 in, height 8.5 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Clothing