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Post by AZ Ranger on Jul 21, 2009 19:07:12 GMT -6
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Post by HinTamaheca on Jul 23, 2009 8:18:20 GMT -6
 An elaborate headdress attributed to Tall Bull (Cheyenne), exhibited at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 2003. Tall Bull, was a noted Cheyenne warrior and the leader of the Dog Soldier Band. He was killed by U.S. troops at Summit Springs near Sterling, Colorado on 11 July 1869. Tall Bull's unusual headdress, with buffalo horns attached all down its trailer, was in such poor condition that it had never been exhibited, and for many years it had not been fully unfolded and examined. |
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Post by BrokenSword on Jul 23, 2009 9:04:10 GMT -6
I really have to wonder what Tall Bull's horse thought about the train on that fancy headress as it was flopping about its backside during a charge, or even while simply trotting about the camp.
BS
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Post by Montana Bab on Jul 23, 2009 10:36:36 GMT -6
Yikes, I would say he sure didn't need a twitch, that's for sure!
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Post by zekesgirl on Jul 23, 2009 16:20:55 GMT -6
That has GOT to be very heavy and hard to keep on one's head!
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Post by wolfgang911 on Jul 25, 2009 14:34:53 GMT -6
on the other hand great looks  I don' remember if he wore it while creeping out of the ravine to shot and be shot by the North bros and Pawnee company but if he did it was easy to see when he came out Tall Bull we missed you at the LBH to bad you did not make it damnpawnees again |
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Post by HinTamaheca on Jul 26, 2009 12:50:07 GMT -6
That has GOT to be very heavy and hard to keep on one's head! Actually, the buffalo horn "caps" were hollow and did not weigh all that much. The reason I posted this photo is to show that not all headdresses had feathers. |
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Post by wolfgang911 on Jul 28, 2009 15:23:42 GMT -6
what's the guy on the picture posing, he is captain North with his trophy??
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Post by HinTamaheca on Jul 29, 2009 5:41:17 GMT -6
I probably should have mentioned that the man in the photo is Don Hurlbert, the photographer.
The headdress is now in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
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