- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- "War bonnet"
- Long description
- Short war-bonnet of eagle feathers, with skin cap. Forehead band of small beads.
- Geographical reference
- Rosebud Reservation
- Cultural groups
- Oglala
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Feather, Material Bead, Material Animal Skin
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.8.141 Other numbers: 1.10.37
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Armour Weapon, Headdress
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