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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.0083
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; hair; feather; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0083
- Description
- A Indigenous headdress in traditional style, crown of two pieces of buckskin sewn together. White owl feathers erect and finished with black fur tufts and white horsehair. Ermine tails hanging by the ear medallions, fluffy downy feathers over the forehead bead strip, and the bead strip of orange wi…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; hair; feather; glass
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 41.0 cm
- Description
- A Indigenous headdress in traditional style, crown of two pieces of buckskin sewn together. White owl feathers erect and finished with black fur tufts and white horsehair. Ermine tails hanging by the ear medallions, fluffy downy feathers over the forehead bead strip, and the bead strip of orange with stepped triangles of red, blue, yellow and black applied in lazy stitch. Two medallions of similar triangles and orange pie wedges bordered in white. Two feathers hanging from the crown.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0083
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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3004
- Date
- c. 1970
- Material
- feathers; hair; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3004
- Description
- Loom beaded browband, red with blue diamonds. White feathers, with green tinged black ends and attached downy tips. Base of feathers wrapped in black velvet. Felt skull cap covered with fur. Hide medallions, each with a red cross on a blue background, with buckskin fringe attached at ends of bro…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- c. 1970
- Material
- feathers; hair; fibre; glass
- Description
- Loom beaded browband, red with blue diamonds. White feathers, with green tinged black ends and attached downy tips. Base of feathers wrapped in black velvet. Felt skull cap covered with fur. Hide medallions, each with a red cross on a blue background, with buckskin fringe attached at ends of browband.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3004
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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3005
- Date
- c. 1970
- Material
- feathers; fibre; hair; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3005
- Description
- Beaded browband of orange diamonds, inside blue rectangles on red wool. Blue, orange adnd light blue medallions attached at each end of browband. Fibre skull cap. Dyed blue feathers along with natural white feathers with black tips and dyed pink feathers attached with white and blue stickers. Ba…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- c. 1970
- Material
- feathers; fibre; hair; glass
- Description
- Beaded browband of orange diamonds, inside blue rectangles on red wool. Blue, orange adnd light blue medallions attached at each end of browband. Fibre skull cap. Dyed blue feathers along with natural white feathers with black tips and dyed pink feathers attached with white and blue stickers. Base of feathers wrapped with blue tape and white and red tape.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3005
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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3019
- Date
- c. 1900
- Material
- feathers; fibre; glass; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3019
- Description
- Old headdress. Beaded browband with two strands of cylindrical aqua beads and black beads, with large green and black hanging beaded loops. White feathers and dark feathers trimmed with red down tips and bases. Horse hair, dyed purple, attached to feather tips. Many ermine tails, dyed horseha…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- c. 1900
- Material
- feathers; fibre; glass; hair
- Description
- Old headdress. Beaded browband with two strands of cylindrical aqua beads and black beads, with large green and black hanging beaded loops. White feathers and dark feathers trimmed with red down tips and bases. Horse hair, dyed purple, attached to feather tips. Many ermine tails, dyed horsehair, and cropped horsehair attached to each end of browband. Base of feathers wrapped with strips of old English blanket and heavy white thread. Bits of ermine skin and tails and white lace attached to scullcap made from brown felt hat.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3019
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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3020
- Date
- 1960 – 1978
- Material
- feathers; fibre; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3020
- Description
- No browband. White and brown feathers with dark ends, different feather types, and horsehair attached to tips. Orange dyed downy feathers at bases. Feathers wrapped with red fabric and white tape.
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- 1960 – 1978
- Material
- feathers; fibre; hair
- Description
- No browband. White and brown feathers with dark ends, different feather types, and horsehair attached to tips. Orange dyed downy feathers at bases. Feathers wrapped with red fabric and white tape.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3020
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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3024
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- feathers; glass; fibre; hair; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3024
- Description
- White beaded band, with pink and green arrows and red and blue diamond design. Yellow medallions with red pinwheel and green centre attached at each end of browband along with bead wrapped long dark horsehair and ermine skin. Dark feathers, white down tips and blue down bases. Printed yellow cott…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- feathers; glass; fibre; hair; skin
- Description
- White beaded band, with pink and green arrows and red and blue diamond design. Yellow medallions with red pinwheel and green centre attached at each end of browband along with bead wrapped long dark horsehair and ermine skin. Dark feathers, white down tips and blue down bases. Printed yellow cotton carrying bag with Mexican theme. Bag has drawstring one end and is open at other. Tag with CRW's writing: "John Wesley March 15, 1970 Headress (sic) not to sell."
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- regalia
- beadwork
- John Wesley
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3024
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