War Bonnet Headdress
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feathers; skin; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3012
- Description
- Beaded red band with white zig-zag pattern. Red medallions with white flower and gold sequin centre at each end of browband. Orange, purple, and white ribbon streamers at medallions along with strips of rabbit fur. White and black feathers with yellow tip feathers and pink downy feathers at bas…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feathers; skin; fibre; skin
- Description
- Beaded red band with white zig-zag pattern. Red medallions with white flower and gold sequin centre at each end of browband. Orange, purple, and white ribbon streamers at medallions along with strips of rabbit fur. White and black feathers with yellow tip feathers and pink downy feathers at base. Feathers wrapped with red fabric and white tape.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3012
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