Headdress

Made from a strip of hide about nine inches in length, to the front of which is sewed a strip of buckskin, covered with blue and white beads in alternating triangles. Two horns made from part of a buffalo bull horn are attached to the hide. Each horn has been split from end to end and one-third of it shaved thin and then highly polished. The ends are tipped with colored horse hair, strips of ermine fur, and wound with strings of small white beads. These horns are affixed to the top of the headdress rising from a mat of clipped feathers. At the back of the headdress is a strip of red flannel to which seven small brass bells are sewn. A string of feathers is fastened along the flannel and a number of long eagle feathers tipped with red drop from it. The front of the headdress is strung with tubular shell beads. A small bag made from a strip of calico hangs from the flannel at the back and contains a small quantity of yellow vegetable powder.