Plume Dance headdress
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Zapotec
- Collector
- Bernard J. Edley, Non-Indian, 1925-1994
- Previous owner
- Bernard J. Edley, Non-Indian, 1925-1994
- Donor
- Bernard J. Edley, Non-Indian, 1925-1994
- Collection History
- Collected by Bernard J. Edley (1925-1994) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Bernard Edley in 1948.
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- Date created
- circa 1940
- Catalog Number
- 21/1507
- Barcode
- 211507.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Plume Dance headdress
- Media/Materials
- Bamboo, feather/feathers, cordage, silk cloth, wool yarn, metal wire, metal items, mirror, cotton twine/string, commercially tanned leather
- Techniques
- Bent, wrapped, tied
- Dimensions
- 24 x 86 x 80 cm
- Place
- Oaxaca State; Mexico
- See related items
- Zapotec
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_225774
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws625520275-e217-4ad9-b2f0-cc33de4e0831
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