Headdress (Image withheld)

Culture/People
Hopi Pueblo
Previous owner
John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
Collector
Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth/H. R. Voth), Non-Indian, 1855-1931
Collection History
Collected by Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth, 1855-1931, a Mennonite missionary and ethnographer) for the Field Museum of Natural History in 1898; acquired from the Field Museum at an unknown date by John Louw Nelson (1895-1963, a musical performer and amateur ethnologist); acquired by MAI in 1934 through an exchange with John Louw Nelson.
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Place
Supawlavi (Shipaulovi) Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
See related items
Hopi Pueblo
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
18/5971
Barcode
185971.000
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Object Name
Headdress (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Vegetal Fiber, mountain sheep hide/skin, feather/feathers, paint
Techniques
Painted
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bbfcc50f-4ac9-4355-baf6-5fad004fda4c
Record ID
NMAI_198868