Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1890 by Captain Joseph Henry Hurst (1836-1896, US Army, 12th Infantry); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1927.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Minneconjou Lakota (Minniconjou Sioux)
- Collector
- Captain Joseph Henry Hurst (J.H. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1836-1896
- Previous owner
- Captain Joseph Henry Hurst (J.H. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1836-1896
- Object Name
- Headdress
- Media/Materials
- Eagle feather/feathers, wool cloth, horsehair, human hair, buffalo horn, glass bead/beads, wool yarn
- Techniques
- Sewn, stitched, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
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