War Bonnet Headdress
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- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- feathers; fibre; hair; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3028
- Description
- Beaded band of alternating red and green rectangles with alternating yellow and blue checked crosses, edged in yellow. Medallions with circles of blue, green, red and yellow beads attached at each end of browband along with white fur strips. White feathers with long black hair and black fur patche…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- prior to 1960
- Material
- feathers; fibre; hair; glass; skin
- Description
- Beaded band of alternating red and green rectangles with alternating yellow and blue checked crosses, edged in yellow. Medallions with circles of blue, green, red and yellow beads attached at each end of browband along with white fur strips. White feathers with long black hair and black fur patches at tips, and orange feathers at base. Skullcap brown fibre with attached blue and white feathers.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3028
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