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Physical Object / Reproduction Cux

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Title
Reproduction Cux
Creator
Museum of Ventura County
Blanco, Bertha (Consultant, Barbareño /Ventureño Band of Mission Indians)
Rodriguez, Edna (Consultant, Barbareño /Ventureño Band of Mission Indians)
Date Created and/or Issued
1987
Publication Information
Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution
Museum of Ventura County
Collection
Object Collection
Rights Information
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
Description
Replica of a Chumash feather headdress or cux; deerskin skull cap on a frame of twigs, with chinstraps made of milkweed cordage; bottom row is white turkey feathers, second row of medium length gray feather; top has a bundle or topknot of tall feathers.
Type
physical object
Identifier
Accession No.: 0000-39.61
Subject
Chumash Indians--Material culture
Place
California
Ventura County (Calif.)

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