Lakota (Sioux)
Headdress
Lakota (Sioux), 1929
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Lakota (Sioux)
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Lakota (Sioux), 1929
Physical Qualities
Eagle feathers, cloth, hide, beads, 13 × 7 1/8 in. (33 × 18.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Case, Sparks, Maryland
Object Number
1985.121
Ralph Case (father-in-law- of donor) collected beginning probably in early 30s, perhaps earlier. Acted as attorney for the Sioux nation in suit against U.S. Government from 1932 to 1966. Was born on a Sioux reservation (c. 1880s/90s); son of a frontier sheriff. (Information from donor, 1984)
