Headdress

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Date created: 1860-1875

Culture/People: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
Previous owner: Richard Joste, Non-Indian

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Richard Joste and said to have been collected in the 1870s or 1880s; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1928.
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Place: South Dakota; USA (inferred)

See related items: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux); Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Americans, Little Bighorn

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/2482
Barcode: 162482.000

Object Type: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Object Name: Headdress
Media/Materials: Wool cloth, feather/feathers, ermine skin/fur, wool yarn, horsehair, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, wrapped
Dimensions: 188 x 104 x 18 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62149d21f-f110-4ca1-bdda-28f8a3b2fb3a

Record ID: NMAI_174203