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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
Images
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