Headdress part/fragment (Image withheld)

Culture/People
probably Diné (Navajo) (attributed)
Expedition
Hyde Exploring Expedition (1896-1899)
Expedition leader
George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910
Expedition sponsor
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944
Previous owner
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Seller
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Presenter/funding source
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
Collection History
Collected by an unnamed individual in 1899 and purchased by the Hyde Exploring Expedition, led by George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) and Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and sponsored by B. Talbot B. Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944); donated to the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) by the Hyde brothers in 1899; withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place
Cave, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Canyon National Park; San Juan County; New Mexico; USA
See related items
Diné (Navajo)
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
5/1511
Barcode
051511.000
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Object Name
Headdress part/fragment (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Wood
Techniques
Carved, painted
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws654bb45f0-5a5e-4786-9ab8-38a6e69ac117
Record ID
NMAI_55564