Headdress part/fragment
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Ute
- Previous owner
- Chief Blackhawk (Black Hawk/Atonga Black Hawk), Ute, ca. 1830-1870
- National Society of the Children of the American Revolution (National Society Children of the American Revolution/National Society of Children of the American Revolution)
- Donor
- National Society of the Children of the American Revolution (National Society Children of the American Revolution/National Society of Children of the American Revolution)
- Collection History
- Said to have belonged to Chief Blackhawk (Ute, ca. 1830-1870); acquired by the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution (a patriotic youth organization based in Washington DC) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution in 1984.
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- Catalog Number
- 25/2061
- Barcode
- 252061.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Object Name
- Headdress part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Horn, horsehair, vegetal fiber
- Techniques
- Painted, drilled, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 3.3 cm
- Place
- Utah; USA
- See related items
- Ute
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_267574
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67499c084-97c3-4200-a207-f7c4e2d376a9
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