Headdress Used In Medicine Dance Item Number: E4776-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "NO.4776-ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 199; P. 642." FROM CARD: "4776. HEAD-DRESS (QUAI-U-BADDY).-BAND OR HOOP OF FLEXIBLE WOOD, 1 INCH IN WIDTH, WRAPPED WITH CEDAR-BARK FIBER. PENDANT TO BACK IS A LARGE BUNCH, AND ON SIDES LONG NARROW BUNCHES OF SAME. STANDING ERECT ARE FOUR TUFTS OF SAME, TWO ON EACH SIDE. WORN IN TSIARK, OR MEDICINE DANCE, BY MAKAH INDIANS OF NEAH BAY. CIRCUMFERENCE, 25 INS. LENGTH OF FIBER, 18 INS. WASHINGTON TER., 1863. 4,776. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
Item History
- Made in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Neah Bay, Washington, USA during 1863
- Received on March 7, 1867
What
- Name
- Headdress Used In Medicine Dance
- Identification Number
- E4776-0
- Type of Item
- headring
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1863
- Acquisition Date
- on March 7, 1867
Other
- Accession Number
- 67A00018