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Horned Headdress

Eastern Plains or Western Great Lakes

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Thought to have been given to the king of France sometime after 1750, this headdress’s design of a rawhide cap fitted with split bison horns, porcupine quills, and dyed deer hair identifies it as warrior ceremonial dress. A fitting object for the ruler’s cabinet of curiosities, it was perhaps collected and sent to France by the marquis de la Galissonnière, commandant general of New France, a naval officer and scientific enthusiast.

Horned Headdress, Buffalo rawhide, native tanned leather, porcupine quills, bison or cow horn, glass beads, dyed deer hair and horsehair, Eastern Plains or Western Great Lakes

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