Medicine Man Head Gear of Human Hair., Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.384 Medicine Man Head Gear, Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Medicine Man Head Gear of Human Hair., Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/384

Description

Medicine Man Head Gear of Human Hair., Harry George Collection Photo, 1910 sepia. Photo of a headgear made of human hair, displayed hanging against wall. Handwritten on back: "Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 74E, 74D, W.H. Case Photo 63 1. Medicine Man's head gear made of human hair. Made of gray human hair, braided plaits or small braids. These were worn by the women who were chief mourners or those who were mourning for a close friend or relative. The effect is to make the mourner look old and miserable. And surely has that effect as I mistook a young woman who was mourning for her husband (who had been sent to the state prison for murder, and had died there.) and I took her for an old, gray haired woman. 5/28/10. $6/00

Collection

Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHS

Made/Created

Date made

1910

Place

State/Province

Alaska

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Native American, Alaska Tribes, Medicine Man, Mourning Rites, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020