Headdress
Possibly Osage
Southern Plains
Plains
about 1870
Hide, rawhide, bald eagle feathers, downy feathers, immature eagle hackle feathers, domestic cow horn, glass beads, metal beads, brass hawk bells, brass tacks, wool cloth, ermine, thimbles, silk ribbon, horse hair, lead weight, dye, sinew, cotton string, cotton thread
Overall: 65 3/4 × 16 9/16 in. (167 × 42 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. William M. Leeds
13.137.4094C
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Exhibition History
Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 16-November 27, 1995.
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Publication History
Tamara Northern, Native American Art, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, 1985, p. 2, no. 1.
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 10 and p. 171, no. 137.
Provenance
Possibly belonged to Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce; probably acquired by William M. Leeds (1829-1886) during his time working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, about 1876-1879; to his wife, Catharine G. Lockwood Leeds (1825-1913), New York; given to present collection, about 1879-1888; catalogued, 1913.
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