Scalp (surrogate or imitation) (Image withheld)
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Osage
- Previous owner
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Donor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Name
- Scalp (surrogate or imitation) (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Hide, porcupine quills, glass bead/beads, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Quill-wrapped (flat)
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Place
- Missouri; USA (inferred)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Mrs. Thea Kowne Page; donated to MAI by Thea Page Heye following her marriage to George Heye in 1915.
- Catalog Number
- 4/5111
- Barcode
- 045111.000
- See related items
- Osage
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement