| Catalog Number |
CAS 0048-0033 |
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| Category |
Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork |
| Object Name |
Headdress |
| Culture |
Klamath River |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
California |
| County |
Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou |
| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
early 1900s |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Tanned deerskin; Red-shafted flicker (Colaptes auratus cafer) feathers; Turkey (?) feathers; Sinew; Pigments |
| Description |
Dance headdress made from buckskin strip sewn into cap-like shape with long, trailing flap, fringed along sides and bottom; Crown of cap is decorated with bundle of trimmed black and white feathers and red-shafted flicker feathers looped through cotton string loops and secured with sinew; White feathers also tied to bottom of back flap; Flap is painted with red geometric designs. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = ca. 25.0, Length = 77.5 |