Head Plume (Wo-pol-do) Item Number: 08.491.8802 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Plume stick consisting of a wooden handle and two feathers attached to the handle by two cords of white beads.This pin would be stuck into the bunch of owl feathers (08.491.8807). These items are part of the feathered headgear stuck into a hairnet and tied at the back of a dancer's head.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Head Plume (Wo-pol-do)
- Identification Number
- 08.491.8802
- Type of Item
- plume and head
- Material
- acorn woodpecker scalp, prairie falcon feather, quail topknot, hide, glass bead, cotton string, wool, dye, iron metal and wood
- Overall
- length 16.25 in, width 2.0 in, height 1.25 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- Clothing