Headdress
20th century
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueEagle feathers; dyed deer hair; beads; mirrors; leather; fur; tin-plated steel or nickel silver; Stetson Company leather hatband; colored braid band
DimensionsH (of bonnet): 45.8 cm (18 1/16 in.) L (of tail): 185.5 cm (73 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Louise C. Carpenter in memory of her parents, United States Senator Marcus A. and Mrs. Ethel Warren Coolidge
Accession number1991.948
On View
On viewClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1917, sold by the Fred Harvey Indian Building, Albuquerque, NM, to Marcus Allen Coolidge (b. 1865 - d. 1947) and Ethel Warren Coolidge (b. 1870 - d. 1955), Fitchburg, MA; by inheritance to their daughter, Louise Coolidge Carpenter (b. 1901 - d. 1995), Mendenhall, PA; 1991, year-end gift of Louise Coolidge Carpenter to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1992)
late 18th century to early 19th century
about 1890
1880s
1840s
mid-20th century
1890–1900
1830–50
