Page 30 - Catalog 2015

AMERICAN INDIAN
THE PAMPLIN COLLECTION:

“Warrior’s” Split Horn q
Headdress, Blackfoot, ca. 1870.

A Blackfoot warriors’ split
buffalo horn headdress with
40 ermine tail drops across the

back. The headcovering is made
of tanned buffalo hide and
trimmed with red trade cloth.

The horns are rubbed with
colors derived from iron oxides
and attached to the headdress

with a string of blue glass pony
beads interspersed with brass
hawk bells.