Object Description
A Native American Plains Lakota Sioux Swept Back Eagle Feather War Bonnet A Skull Cap of Tanned Deer Hide with Sinew Attached Immature Eagle Feathers and Central Flying Plume of Fluff or Breath Feathers a Brow-Band Sewn to the Edge of Cap above the Forehead Trimmed with Glass Seed Beads and with Thirty Golden Eagle Feathers Attached with Strips of Red Trade Cloth all Edged with Red Dyed Horse Hair
Danglers to each side composed of strips of silk muslin cotton and owl feathers
North America
Circa 1870 – 1900
SIZE: approx: 40cm high, 60cm deep, 45cm wide – 15¾ ins high, 23½ ins deep, 17¾ wide