black cloth; brown cloth; red cloth edging; pink (run dye) silk ribbon; white, clear, blues, red, yellows, bead; metallic thread; woven red tape

beaded oval cap, black cloth exterior with sized brown cloth lining, red (silk ribbon?) edging, pink (run dye) silk ribbon at front and back peaks; top and sides (each) have a stylized beaded bird (white and clear beads) and beaded foliage (blue, red clear and three shades of yellow beads), a braid of metallic thread above the birds, and surrounded by a double band of woven tape

bird; foliage

Collected by Winston J.T. Stephens from a Seminole in Big Cyprus Swamp, December, 1875. Donated by Winston B. Stephens, Riviera Beach, FL, November, 1975 as part of the Octavia Bryant Stephens-Winston J.T. Stephens Collection comprising of 1 Seminole outfit consisting of: 1 buckskin shirt; 1 10' strand of blue faceted beads;1 beaded pouch; 1 garter; 1 beaded hat; 2 baskets and contents; 1 pouch and contents; 2 silver spoons; 1 par scissors; 1 wooden vial; 1 panther claw; 1 whittled stick; 1 fragment of buckskin; 1 steel needle; 1 sandstone wedge; Confederate pants, jacket, sash, and guidon; 2 scrapers/knives; 1 Bolen point arrowhead

Made from the records of the FLMNH.