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Native American, Jicarilla Apache
20th century
Object Place: United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Eagle feathers; dyed deer hair; beads; mirrors; leather; fur; tin-plated steel or nickel silver; Stetson Company leather hatband; colored braid band
Dimensions
H (of bonnet): 45.8 cm (18 1/16 in.) L (of tail): 185.5 cm (73 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louise C. Carpenter in memory of her parents, United States Senator Marcus A. and Mrs. Ethel Warren Coolidge
Accession Number1991.948
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1917, sold by the Fred Harvey Indian Building, Albuquerque, NM, to Marcus Allen Coolidge (b. 1865 - d. 1947) and Ethel Warren Coolidge (b. 1870 - d. 1955), Fitchburg, MA; by inheritance to their daughter, Louise Coolidge Carpenter (b. 1901 - d. 1995), Mendenhall, PA; 1991, year-end gift of Louise Coolidge Carpenter to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1992)