HEADDRESS

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

HEADDRESS

Entry/Object ID

143/3044 A

Description

BEADED HEADBAND/ORANGE CLOTH SHREDDED/EAGLE FEATHERS/RAWHIDE STRIP

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Plains

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin
Native American

Notes

The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

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

Material

CLOTH, FEATHERS, RAWHIDE

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 31, 2018

Research Notes

Notes

Wapaha is the Oceti Sakowin name for a headdress according to Cody Hall. 1/16/2023