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Horned Headdress
Eastern Plains, Lower Missouri region
Not on view
Two artists, a male and a female, combined materials from the natural world with trade beads, cotton cloth, and silk ribbon to create this elaborate construction. Horned headdresses are associated with sacred power. They originated in the Great Lakes and spread to the Plains. Worn by a warrior as part of his regalia, this example is one of the oldest of its kind.
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