This Plains Native American Buffalo Dance Head Dress, likely dating to circa 1900, is a striking ceremonial piece. It features a crown of shaggy buffalo fur and prominent, upward-curving buffalo horns that are pierced and secured with leather strips. A distinctive long trailer made of green trade cloth descends from the back, embellished with silk ribbons and white stitching. In Plains Indigenous traditions, such headdresses were far more than decorative; they were sacred regalia reserved for distinguished warriors and leaders who had earned the right to wear them through specific acts of bravery or service. Often associated with Buffalo Society dances, these headdresses were used in ceremonies to invoke the strength and spiritual power of the bison, an animal central to the survival and spiritual life of Plains peoples
Size Aprox 35” OAH
Circa: 1900
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