Feather adornment
RAMM has no information about this particular item and would welcome advice from Native North Americans as to its identification and how to appropriately care for this item beyond the standard context of museum care (e.g. smudging). Possibly a dance bustle.
Leather has been commercially tanned.
Feathers have been identified as belonging to the great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
Prior to its re-accessioning 2007 this item was wrongly catalogued as African.
Leather has been commercially tanned.
Feathers have been identified as belonging to the great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
Prior to its re-accessioning 2007 this item was wrongly catalogued as African.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 43/2007
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Collection Area Region
- N
- Material
- Great horned owl feathersleathercotton thread
- Common Name
- feather adornment
- Simple Name
- adornment
- Production County
- ?Manitoba
- Production Country
- Canada
- Production Date
- Unknown
