Hoofdtooi

Eagle feather war bonnet; Comanche; ca. 1860
Native leather, eagle feathers, wool cloth, glass beads, cotton cloth, ermine skin, silk ribbon, horsehair, pigment; 208 x 45 cm.
RMV 710-5; acquired by Herman ten Kate in Fort Sill area, Oklahoma, October 1883

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