Headdress

Eagle feather war bonnet; Comanche; ca. 1860Native leather, eagle feathers, wool cloth, glass beads, cotton cloth, ermine skin, silk ribbon, horsehair, pigment; 208 x 45 cm. \nRMV 710-5; acquired by Herman ten Kate in Fort Sill area, Oklahoma, October 1883Headdresses are among the most spectacular and compelling objects of all Native American ceremonial regalia. Of all the varied forms, none are m…