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Basic Information |
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| Artifact Identification | Reproduction Buffalo Hide Dance Headdress (1996.24.0580) | |
| Classification | Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbol : Headdress | |
| Visual Description | Headdress constructed from buffalo hide with horns and hide neck flap in three pieces attached. The interior is lined with green cotton fabric. The tips of the horns are pierced. Laces are split leather. | |
| Artist/Maker | Reginald Laubin | |
| Geographic Location | America, North, United States, Wyoming | |
| Period/Date | , Circa 1930s - 1980s | |
| Culture | Great Plains: Native American | |
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Physical Analysis |
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| Dimension 1 (Length) | 45.0 cm | |
| Dimension 2 (Width) | 35.5 cm | |
| Dimension 3 (Diameter) | 11.5 cm | |
| Weight | 745 g | |
| Measuring Remarks | None | |
| Materials | Animal--Leather, Animal--Hide, Animal--Horn, Textile--Cotton | |
| Manufacturing Processes | Piercing, Sewing | |
| Munsell Color Information | waived | |
Research Remarks |
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| Published Description | N/A | |
| Scholarly Notes | 10/5/2006: "Headdress. Used a variety of scrap buffalo fur pieces. Horns were attached with a packing cord onto rawhide. Stitching is non native. Lined with green fabric, using white cotton thread with a whipstitch - messy. Commercial tanned thongs. There used to be a string holding the horns together, there are holes drilled into the horn tips." - Don Tenoso, Lakota Sioux, Artist, 9/1/2006 Quality of workmanship and materials—especially cotton lining, white thread, and split leather laces—suggest a 20th c. date of manufacture. - D. Schrishuhn, 5/26/99 Made by Reginald Laubin. - A. Fox, 5/27/99 | |
| Comparanda | N/A | |
| Bibliography | N/A | |
Artifact History |
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| Archaeological Data | N/A | |
| Credit Line/Dedication | Reginald and Gladys Laubin Collection | |
| Reproduction | Yes | |
| Reproduction Information | N/A | |