Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1855 and 1871 at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, by Thomas S. Twiss (ca. 1802-1871, U.S. Indian agent for the upper Platte River); acquired by Daisy M. Barnett (1874-1937) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Daisy Barnett in 1918 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Niuam (Comanche)
- Collector
- Thomas S. Twiss (Thomas S. Triss), Non-Indian, ca. 1802-1871
- Previous owner
- Thomas S. Twiss (Thomas S. Triss), Non-Indian, ca. 1802-1871
- Daisy M. Barnett, Non-Indian, 1874-1937
- Seller
- Daisy M. Barnett, Non-Indian, 1874-1937
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Object Name
- Headdress
- Media/Materials
- Eagle feather/feathers, buffalo hide/skin, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
