Feather Case

Object Details

Collector

Mr. James Mooney

Donor Name

Bureau Of American Ethnology

[Describing all parts in E152965-0 through -2:] Rawhide cases. Three flat, rectangular cases of rawhide. 1. Geometric design on front. Contains feathers. 14.5" (37 cm) 2. Buffalo hide with hair on inside, unornamented. Contains feather fragments. 16.25" (41 cm) 3. Undecorated case. Records: Used to hold feathers for head-dresses, etc. (L). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)

Record Last Modified

14 Jan 2020

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Kiowa

Accession Date

17 May 1892

Accession Number

025718

USNM Number

E152965-0

Object Type

Parfleche / Feather

Place

Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America

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Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8342479

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37d2b89cf-3f93-47ca-aa1c-1b5e2a263f45