Sioux Feather War Bonnet

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Sioux Feather War Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

NU 2024.115

Description

A feather headdress or war bonnet, tentatively identified as Sioux. The eagle feathers (white with brown tips) are wrapped with red yarn at their base, and secured to a light brown felt lining, with a beadwork panel along the top edge.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

collectionsintern@numulosgatos.org

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hat

Textile Details

Material

Feather, Beads, Leather, Fabric

Color

Brown, Cream, Red, Tan, Green, Blue, White

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Label

Location

Tag attached to base of headdress

Transcription

"moth-eaten"

Language

English

Material/Technique

Label

Type

Label

Location

Tag attached to base of headdress

Transcription

A69 Sioux? DuBois Acc.179

Language

English

Material/Technique

Label

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Očhéthi Šakówin
Native American, First Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Bonnet, War

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Headdress

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Regalia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

A69

Number Type

Old Accession Number

Other Number

179

Dimensions

Length

16 in

Diameter

9 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good