Feather Headdress Collection

Soprano opera singer Miss Grassari as Amazili in Fernand Cortez by Gaspare Spontini, Royal Academy of Music
FLO4606934 Soprano opera singer Miss Grassari as Amazili in Fernand Cortez by Gaspare Spontini, Royal Academy of Music. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Sarcee man Massika in feather headdress and face tattoo or scarification
FLO4605335 Sarcee man Massika in feather headdress and face tattoo or scarification, and Blackfoot chief Mehkskeme-Sukahs with feather headdress, medicine fetish and bearskin cape

Natives of Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Man and woman in hats with long pierced ear lobes
FLO4624507 Natives of Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Man and woman in hats with long pierced ear lobes. Couple rowing an outrigger canoe or vaka

Baritone opera singer Henri Bernard Dabadie as Telasco in Fernand Cortez by Gaspare Spontini, Royal Academy of Music
FLO4606973 Baritone opera singer Henri Bernard Dabadie as Telasco in Fernand Cortez by Gaspare Spontini, Royal Academy of Music. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Costumes of a chief and a youth of the Tlingit nation, Port des Francais (Lithuya Bay)
FLO4722261 Costumes of a chief and a youth of the Tlingit nation, Port des Francais (Lithuya Bay), Northwest coast of America (Alaska)

Black Thunder, a Sioux Indian, c.1908 (b/w photo)
BAL144956 Black Thunder, a Sioux Indian, c.1908 (b/w photo); Private Collection

Marquesas Islanders: woman in turban, and chief of Tahuata Island (Santa Christina) in headdress
FLO4624517 Marquesas Islanders: woman in turban, and chief of Tahuata Island (Santa Christina) in headdress. Feather headdress 1, fringed necklace 2, 4, fan 3, and war mace 5

The Chief in full War Dress; A Doctors Life among the North-American Indians, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The Chief in full War Dress; A Doctors Life among the North-American Indians, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Pawnee Camp; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific railroad, 1875. Creator: Frederick Whymper
Pawnee Camp; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific railroad, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Sioux Indians burning a prisoner; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific railroad, 1875. Creator: Frederick Whymper
Sioux Indians burning a prisoner; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific railroad, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Indians of the Rio Quarto; Frontier Adventures in the Argentine Republic, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Indians of the Rio Quarto; Frontier Adventures in the Argentine Republic, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Roberts, Rene, Miss, 1922 Nov. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Roberts, Rene, Miss, 1922 Nov. 18

Roberts, Rene, Miss, 1922 Nov. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Roberts, Rene, Miss, 1922 Nov. 18

Kurylo, Eduoard, 1918 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Kurylo, Eduoard, 1918

Indian Warriors Mr Bear-that-Runs-and-Growls, Mr Warrior, Mr One-Tooth-Gone, Mr Sole... 1890. Creator: John C. H
Indian Warriors. Mr. Bear-that-Runs-and-Growls, Mr. Warrior, Mr. One-Tooth-Gone, Mr. Sole (bottom of foot), Mr. Make-it-Long []

Young Hairy Wolf-Apsaroke, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Young Hairy Wolf-Apsaroke, c1905. Young Hairy Wolf, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Red Shirt, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Red Shirt, 1905. Photograph shows Red Shirt, wearing headdress and blanket, head-and-shoulders portrait, profile facing left

Pretty Paint, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pretty Paint, c1905. Pretty Paint, Crow man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Red Hawk (Che-tan Luta)-Oglala, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Red Hawk (Che-tan Luta)-Oglala, c1907. Red Hawk, Oglala Sioux Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing feather headdress

Stinking Bear, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Stinking Bear, 1905. Photograph shows Stinking Bear, wearing full chief headdress, head-and-shoulders portrait, profile facing right

Yellow Bull-Nez Percé, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yellow Bull-Nez Perce, c1905. Yellow Bull, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Coast Pomo with feather head-dress, c1924. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Coast Pomo with feather head-dress, c1924. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left

Three Horses, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Three Horses, c1905. Three Horses, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing headdress

Victory, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Victory, 1908. Photograph shows several Crow Indians, including Plenty Coups, Wet, Bull Don't Fall Down, and Spotted Jack Rabbit wearing traditional clothing

Overlooking the Little Horn, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Overlooking the Little Horn, 1908. Photograph shows five Crow Indians, Wolf, Fish Shows (wearing headdress), Which Way, Lone Tree, and Two Whistles on horseback carrying staffs

Plain Owl, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Plain Owl, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Plain Owl, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, and beaded gauntlets, holding staff, seated, facing front

Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Piegan man and woman, possibly husband and wife, three-quarter length portrait, facing front

PioPio-Maksmaks, Profile-Wallawalla, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
PioPio-Maksmaks, Profile-Wallawalla, c1905

Atsina Indian, Red Whip, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing feather... c1908
Atsina Indian, Red Whip, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing feather, beaded buckskin shirt, holding pipe in left hand, c1908

Upshaw-Apsaroke, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Upshaw-Apsaroke, c1905. Upshaw, an Apsaroke man in full headdress, half-length portrait, facing front

Red Dog (Shunka Luta), c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Red Dog (Shunka Luta), c1907. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Dakota man

Oyegi-a ye ("Frost Moving"), Santa Clara Governor, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Oyegi-a ye ("Frost Moving"), Santa Clara Governor, c1905. Oyegi-a ye, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing cap with feathers and a single horn

Ow High, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Ow High, c1905. Ow High, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Stinking Bear, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Stinking Bear, c1905. Three-quarter length portrait of Dakota man

Old Tail, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Old Tail, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Old Tail, wearing headdress and traditional clothing, seated, facing left

Jack Red Cloud, 1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Jack Red Cloud, 1907. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Jack Red Cloud, standing, wearing full headdress, traditional clothing, and medallion, facing front

Jack Red Cloud, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Jack Red Cloud, c1907. Full-length portrait of Oglala man

Runs Between, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Runs Between, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Runs Between, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, beaded gauntlets and braids, seated, facing right

Red Bird-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Red Bird-Cheyenne, c1927. Red Bird, a Cheyenne man in full headdress, bust portrait, facing front

White Shield-Arikara, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
White Shield-Arikara, c1908. White Shield, half-length portrait, facing left

Sings in the Mountains, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sings in the Mountains, c1905. Sings in the Mountains, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Sitting Bear-Arikara, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sitting Bear-Arikara, c1908. Sitting Bear, Arikara man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

White Man Runs Him, Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
White Man Runs Him, Apsaroke, c1908. Portrait, man, head-and-shoulders, facing front, feather headress, shell concho and shell beads around neck

Weasel Tail-Piegan, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Weasel Tail-Piegan, c1900. Weasel Tail, half-length portrait, facing front, holding tomahawk

Que Que Tas, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Que Que Tas, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Native man

Planning a raid, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Planning a raid, c1907. Photo shows Natives on horseback on a hill

Brulé war party, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Brule war party, c1907. Brule Indians, many wearing war bonnets, on horseback

Lone Crow, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lone Crow, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Lone Crow, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, and seated, facing right

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Feather headdresses have long been a symbol of power, prestige, and cultural identity in various parts of the world. From the Warrior of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands to the Sioux Indians in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, these magnificent headpieces carry stories that transcend time. In c. 1910, a captivating black and white photo captures Sioux Indians proudly donning their feathered crowns on Pine Ridge Reservation. The intricate craftsmanship and vibrant plumage speak volumes about their rich heritage and warrior spirit. The narrative of Mrs Jane Lewis tells a tale of captivity and providential escape while adorned with a feather headdress. As her black hair cascades down her back, she stands as a testament to resilience and strength amidst adversity. Hastobiga, the Navaho Medicine Man known for his healing powers, wears an impressive feathered headdress that reflects his spiritual connection to nature. Apache girl cradling her papoose showcases how even at a young age, indigenous traditions are passed down through generations. Ben Long Ear's antelope cap adds an element of uniqueness to his ensemble as he embraces his Native American roots with pride. Meanwhile, natives from Tonga display their regal attire - King Pouaho dons an awe-inspiring feather headdress while Chief Ataongo Otago exudes authority in gnatoo tappa cloth. Chief Three Horses commands attention with his majestic feathered crown that signifies leadership within his tribe. Little Daylight illuminates our hearts with her innocence juxtaposed against her ornate headpiece. Sioux Chiefs immortalized in The North American Indian publication showcase the grandeur of these ceremonial accessories through photogravure prints dating back to 1907. Each detail meticulously captured serves as a visual reminder of the cultural significance embedded within every strand. Feather headdresses serve as tangible representations of history and tradition; they embody stories untold yet preserved by those who wear them.