Dance Bustle
CulturePlains
Dateca. 1860
MediumEagle skull, prairie chicken (?) and owl (?) feathers, rawhide, native leather, wood, fabric, commercial string, wool yarn, silk ribbon, ermine, brass buttons, pigment, and claw
DimensionsOverall: 44 × 18 × 10 inches (111.76 × 45.72 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Newly Company--Lee Lyon, President
Object number2004.48
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DescriptionFeather assemblage constructed with rawhide base and two wool pendants elaborated with sewn and suspended feathers, which are pirmarily eagle. Two eagle feather "spikes," or projecting feathers decorated with quilled slats and horse hair extend from the center base. At the center of this base in an eagle's skull.
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