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Introduction

Tuscarora cap constructed of velvet panels. Sides are decorated with lightly raised beadwork, and it has a wool tassel at top. Lewis Henry Morgan collection

Nation of Maker: Tuscarora
Nation of Origin

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Date Made or Date Range: prior to 1840
Materials

Velvet, cotton, wool tape, glass beads (fancy beads, tubular faceted beads), paper interfacing. Lined with cotton.

Techniques or Format

One piece of velvet gathered at the top. Beaded panels are attached around the rim. Front of hat separate lobed panel; stiffened with cardboard in between front and back layers. Wool tape sewn as a tassel on the top.

Motifs and Patterns

feathers

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 8.5 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

collected in 1840s (catalog record)

Current Location: Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 70.89.26
Collection at Current Location: Lewis Henry Morgan Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1970
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1840s
Previous Collectors: Lewis Henry Morgan
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Lewis Henry Morgan in 1840s in New York State and bequeathed to the University of Rochester (U of R) upon his death in 1881. The collection was transferred from the U of R to the Rochester Museum in 1970.

GKS Reference Number: 45226
Record Creation Context

Visit to Rochester Museum and Science Center (Rochester, NY) of Wahsontiio Cross, Kate Higginson, Alexandra Nahwegahbow, Melissa Otis, Ruth Phillips and Paula Whitlow, assisted by Jamie Jacobs and Kathryn Murano on 2-3 May 2016.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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