Headdress Item Number: E281090-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Skin cap with "tail"; decorated with dentalium shells sewn in pairs forming an over-all geometric pattern with four bead-centered shell rosettes down center back of "tail." Crown has large tuft of cut feathers forming a top knot; pendant feathers and fur edge cap and tail."
Item History
- Made in Oregon, USA
- Collected in Oregon, USA
- Received from Leo J. Frachtenberg on December 17, 1913
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- E281090-0
- Type of Item
- headdress
Who
- Culture
- Chetco
- Received from
- Leo J. Frachtenberg
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Oregon, USA
- Collected in
- Oregon, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 17, 1913
Other
- Accession Number
- 056275