War Bonnet

ca. 1876 CE

Details

Title: War Bonnet
Date Created: ca. 1876 CE
Location Created: South Dakota, United States of America
External Link: Penn Museum online collection
Medium: Buckskin, Stroud, Feather, Hair, Bead, Metal, Fiber
Object Number: 42-3-1
Descriptive Note: Long tailed war-bonnet of tanned buckskin and red stroud. Eagle feathers with horsehair tufts attached by white clay. 35 feathers on tail and 22 on headdress. Headdress decorated with beaded forehead band of blue and white glass beads in stepped pyramidal design, brass discs, red, green and yellow ribbons, and buckskin thongs.
Culture: Teton
Credit Line: Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger, 1942

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