Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been collected from a member of Goyathlay's (Geronimo, ca. 1825-1909) band at the time of his surrender in 1886; formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); acquired by MAI in 1967, possibly through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Chiricahua Apache
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Date created
- circa 1880
- Object Name
- Woman's hair ornament
- Media/Materials
- Hide, brass tacks/bosses, metal cones, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Studded, strung
- Dimensions
- 23.3 x 20.2 x 2.2 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
