War Bonnet Headdress
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feathers; skin; glass; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1155
- Description
- Blue beaded brow band with red diamonds trimmed in dark blue, a line of two rows of yellow and one of red beads trim the band next to the face. Down feathers and ermine skins hang from the temples. Dark tipped white eagle feathers are bound with red wool and secured with narrow bands of white tap…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feathers; skin; glass; hair
- Description
- Blue beaded brow band with red diamonds trimmed in dark blue, a line of two rows of yellow and one of red beads trim the band next to the face. Down feathers and ermine skins hang from the temples. Dark tipped white eagle feathers are bound with red wool and secured with narrow bands of white tape. The cap is made of skin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1155
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