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The dancers wore ceremonial headdresses.
most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress
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The team’s original logo, used until 1971, depicted a caricature of a Native American wearing a loincloth, tomahawk and headdress running on top of an outline of the region, including Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
In August, a federal judge ordered prosecutors to return Chansley's now-iconic headdress and and spear.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
In August, the judge in Angeli’s case ordered the government to give back his spear and headdress.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
From wooden garden pergolas, paper marigolds hung above the performers’ feather headdresses.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
In August, a federal judge ordered prosecutors to return Chansley's now-iconic headdress and and spear.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
In August, the judge in Angeli’s case ordered the government to give back his spear and headdress.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
From wooden garden pergolas, paper marigolds hung above the performers’ feather headdresses.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Headdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headdress. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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headdress
noun
head·dress
ˈhed-ˌdres 
: a covering or ornament for the head
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