War Bonnet Headdress
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feathers; glass; fibre; hair; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3023
- Description
- Yellow beaded band with red, white and blue stepped diamond design. Yellow medallions with red, white and blue triangles forming the points of a five-pointed star. Medallions and ermine skin attached at each end of browband. Dark eagle feathers with horsehair tips attached with ermine skin, red …
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feathers; glass; fibre; hair; skin
- Description
- Yellow beaded band with red, white and blue stepped diamond design. Yellow medallions with red, white and blue triangles forming the points of a five-pointed star. Medallions and ermine skin attached at each end of browband. Dark eagle feathers with horsehair tips attached with ermine skin, red down bases, and long ermine tails at ears. Feathers wrapped with red fabric and white tape.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3023
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