War Bonnet
62-16-1
From: United States of America | Wyoming | Yellowstone National Park
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 62-16-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Plains Indian |
| Provenience | United States of America | Wyoming | Yellowstone National Park |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Eagle Feather | Horsehair | Down (material) | Gypsum | Fiber | Felt | Wool | Cotton | Glass |
| Technique | Beaded |
| Description | swept-back type. Bald eagle feathers tipped with red horsehair and down attached with white clay-like material; butts wrapped with red cloth and attached at edge of beaded browband, lazy stitching in red, blue, green and white, small fluffs bound to butts; blue, white, and red ribbons at either side; double felt cap covered with many small feathers; tan plume with pink feather at base extends from center of bonnet; trail of red wool lined with white cotton with single row of 20 feathers. |
| Length | 135 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. T. F. D. Wainwright, 1962 |
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