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IVB2182(III)

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Object Name	feather headdress
Tribe	Omaha
Object Type	headdress components
Description	See notes
Museum	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Catalog Number	2182
Primary Material	feather
Subject	clothing/personal
Year of Coll/Manuf	1898ca
Notes	Mon'-shon-pa-gdhon or Feather Head-dress. The only feathers permissible in this Head-dress are from the tail of the golden eagle. (Aquila chryaetus) Each feather stands for a war honor, an enemy killed or struck in battle, and the strand of hair fastened to the tip represents the scalp-lock of a man. This head gear was made with certain prescribed ceremonies, and like the War Shirt the consent of the warriors was necessary to its manufacture." All the articles used have a symbolic significance, and except the substitution of beads for porcupine quills and red cloth for delicate deer skin painted red, there has been no change in this Head-dress"(La Flesche 1898:9-10).
Provenance	Francis La Flesche
State of Coll/Manuf	Nebraska
Collection	Omaha Indian Heritage Project

Object Name	IVB2182(III)
Tribe	Omaha

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