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Introduction

headdress of turkey feathers, collected by Edward Sapir, Onkwehonwe (Iroquois, Cayuga, Hodenosaunee) Six Nations Reserve, Grand River, Brantford, Ontario, 1800s-1911.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

museum documentation

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1911
Materials

turkey feathers.

Techniques or Format

wooden armature made out of splints carve into a headband. 3 half hoops. Hoops are attached to a round headband, which is wrapped with blue and white stripped cotton cloth, sewn in place with big running stiches. Feathers are inserted in some way. (inserted into cloth hoop). Where hoops cross at the top there is a tubular element, and a large central is inserted into the tube.

Dimensions: 48 × 21.3 × 21.3 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

museum documentation

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 111-I-45a-e
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
GKS Reference Number: 24460
How to Cite this Item

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

Record Creation Context

Researchers present: Ruth Phillips (RP), Judy Hall (JH), Anne de Stecher (AS), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Aaron Mills (AM), Janis Monture (JM), John Moses (JMoses) and Jameson Brant (JBrant).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

GRASAC sponsored research trip to the CMC, June 16 to 20. Supported by the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant, 2007-2010

Approximate Place of Origin

46.8139, -71.208

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