War Bonnet

Provenance

Warner's Antiques, Oklahoma City, by 1970s [this and the following according to letter from Father Peter J. Powell, Sept. 11, 2018; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Father Peter J. Powell (1928-2022), Chicago, early 1970s [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago from Feb. 24, 1977, incoming receipt, RX10969; copy in curatorial object file; Maurer 1977, 174]; by descent to his estate, 2022; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.

War Bonnet

Cheyenne

c. 1890

Accession Number

122796

Medium

Eagle feathers, wool, ermine tails, glass beads, and silk

Dimensions

H.: 294.2 cm (115 7/8 in.)

Classification

featherwork

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Powell Family in memory of their parents Father Peter Powell and Virginia Raisch Powell