Man's Ceremonial Dance Headdress
Arts of the Americas
MAKER
Billy Preacher, Maidu
MEDIUM
Magpie feather, red-shafted flicker quills, goose quills, clamshell beads, glass beads, cotton cord, plant fiber twine, willow rod
DATES
late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
12 x 7 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 17.8 x 21.6 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
08.491.8693
CREDIT LINE
Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
This headdress was worn perpendicularly at the back of the head, not vertically on the crown, as is common with Native American headdresses of very similar style worn by the Yokuts of Central California. In general structure it resembles Pomo headdresses.
Supplementary files: "Dance headress for a man; brown straight feathers rise out of a ruff of soft feathers. A quill pendant hangs from the front of the ruff. Condition: good."
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Billy Preacher (Maidu). Man's Ceremonial Dance Headdress, late 19th century. Magpie feather, red-shafted flicker quills, goose quills, clamshell beads, glass beads, cotton cord, plant fiber twine, willow rod, 12 x 7 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 17.8 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund, 08.491.8693. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.491.8693.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 08.491.8693.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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