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Head Plume (Wo-lo-wai-to), One of a Pair08.491.8801.1

At either side of this bunch of owl feathers are one or two pairs of triple pronged ceremonial hairpins. Wire is used as their base as the desired effect is to make them tremble as the dancer moves.

Material
red-shafted flicker feather, acorn woodpecker scalp feather, valley-quail topknot feather, abalone shell, glass bead, oak, iron wire and cotton string
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Girl's Coiled Dowry or Puberty Basket (kol-chu or ti-ri-bu-ku)07.467.8308

This is a conical shaped basket with a stepped flag design in brown on natural fiber colored background. The shells and feathers are fastened to the exterior and extend out from basket. Although called a puberty basket it is thought that this basket was not necessarily used for puberty ceremonial. At the time it was collected it was thought that ceremony no longer was being practiced so such baskets were no longer being made for traditional practice. While it may have been intended for such, there is no physical evidence that it was ever used to hold water, and it is more likely that it was made for sale, an aestheticized version of a traditional form.

Material
willow, sedge root, bulrush root, acorn woodpecker scalp feather, california valley quail topknot feather, oilivella biplicata shell and cotton string
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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