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headdress
headdress
headdress
A feather headdress with a beaded band. Anishinaabe, mid- nineteenth century. Collected by Jeff. Purchased by the British Museum with the Christy Fund.
British Museum accession record. British Museum record attributed this as Ojibwe.
Created with information from the British Museum accession record and observations made by the GRASAC research team.
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Feathers; animal hide; red paint or vermillion; seed beads, white, black, red, blue, green and pink; woolen yarn, green, blue and red; thread; hide thong.
A band of woven quillwork is around the base of the headdress. Both sides are decorated with a fringe of braided yarn decorated with interwoven white seed beads.
On the strap are eight pointed sun shapes in green and yellow beads. There is a black meander line right around the top and bottom and vertical bars of different colours separating the star shape motifs.
The style of beadwork suggests it was made in the mid- nineteenth century.
Provenance
The British Museum accession record for this item states it was collected by Jeff and purchased using the Christy Fund.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Anishinaabe artist, headdress. Currently in the British Museum, Am1982,Q.801. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24405.
This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).