FROM CARD: "OLD LABEL: "HEAD-DRESS.-HOOD OF BUCKSKIN, FRINGED BEHIND, PENDANT TO WHICH PART ARE WHITE BEADS; PEAK AND CROWN ORNAMENTED WITH LARGE TUFTS OF BLACK TURKEY-TAIL FEATHERS, AND EDGE ORNAMENTED WITH A BAND OF BUCKSKIN AND RED FLANNEL, TO WHICH ARE SEWED ROWS OF BRASS AND WHITE BUTTONS. CHIN-STRAP OF RED FLANNEL." FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---HOOD OF BUCKSKIN, FRINGED BEHIND, PENDANT TO WHICH PART ARE WHITE BEADS; PEAK AND CROWN ORNAMENTED WITH LARGE TUFTS OF BLACK TURKEY-TAIL FEATHERS, AND EDGE ORNAMENTED WITH A BAND OF BUCKSKIN AND RED FLANNEL, TO WHICH ARE SEWED ROWS OF BRASS AND WHITE BUTTONS. CHIN-STRAP OF RED FLANNEL. APACHE INDIANS. LENGTH, 10 INS. HEIGHT, 7 INS. ARIZONA, 1876. 21,530. COLLECTED BY DR. J. B. WHITE, U.S.A."
“Ornamental feather hats very scarce and highly prized by the Apaches, particularly because they are made of eagles feathers, the 2 black ones.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.
