Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been made for Rudolph J. Schaefer (1863-1923) circa 1908 by Indian members of the Buffalo Bill troupe during appearances at Madison Square Garden, New York City; inherited by Rudolph Schaefer's son Frederick M. E. Schaefer (1892-1976); donated to MAI by Frederick M. E. Schaefer (1892-1976) in 1962 in memory of his father.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Rudolph J. Schaefer, Non-Indian, 1863-1923
- Frederick M. E. Schaefer, Non-Indian, 1892-1976
- Donor
- Frederick M. E. Schaefer, Non-Indian, 1892-1976
- Honoree
- Rudolph J. Schaefer, Non-Indian, 1863-1923
- Date created
- circa 1908
- Object Name
- Headdress
- Media/Materials
- Feather/feathers, wool cloth, wool yarn, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Stitched, wrapped, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
