Headdress Item Number: 61.11a-b from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

Headdress decorated with small colored feathers. Construction materials include hide, cotton, and reinforcements of wood or reeds. Object is moderately unstable in fair condition. Size: adult. Probable wearer: male or male? Plain weave, feather glued to hide (NK). Paired warp plain weave cotton ground (AR).

Credit Line

Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund