Headdress

38524

From: Canada | Ontario | Grand River

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name O-Sto-A
Object Number 38524
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iroquois
Provenience Canada | Ontario | Grand River
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Owl Feather | Hawk Feather | Fiber | Glass
Description

Cloth cap surrounded by stiff head-band, scalloped & beaded with bird, fox & deer, separated by leaf-sprays, crown-liek figure in center. Cap band surmounted by owl breasts & ring of hawk feathers; tuft of feathers on crown.

Height 27 cm
Length 50 cm
Width 25 cm
Credit Line Pan-American Exposition; Wanamaker Expedition / R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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