Turban

Turban

Turban

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Introduction

Potawatomi otter hide turban with four beaded medalions, one of which is a patch pocket. Purchased by the museum, in Wisconsin, in 1947.

Nation of Maker: Potawatomi
Nation of Origin

Potawatomi

Date Made or Date Range: 1880s to 1918
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

NMAI records and physical examination by Cory Willmott, Alan Corbiere and Ann McMullen, July 2007.

Materials

Otter fur, glass beads, red wool twill cloth (coarse stroud), hand-tanned leather, linen thread

Techniques or Format

Tube of otter fur with four beaded patches/medallions; bottom edge of red wool edged with white-beaded edging. Two medallion/disks are done in white and greasy dark turquoise with a single yellow pony bead in the center; one applique is shaped like a patch pocket and is rendered in dusty rose and white-heart beads in applique stitch with outline of dark greasy blue and opaque white beads. The last medallion is not as well executed as the others and is done on reddish commercially tanned leather backed with paper and rendered with recent bead types and colors.

Motifs and Patterns

Two medallions: circles divided into quadrants; patch pocket is five-point star; last medallion is rough concentric circles.

Other Notes

CW, AC, and AMcM examination

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

1880s-1918: ''''Blue and white beaded medallions could be considerably older and be reapplied to this piece.

Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 209750.000
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1/1/1947
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Purchased
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1880s-1918:
Collection Narratives and Histories

Museum Purchased.

GKS Reference Number: 25196
Record Creation Notes/Observations

This record was created on site at NMAI by the GRASAC members listed below. Ann McMullen and Pat Nietfeld of NMAI supported the research onsite. Cory Willmott's research was funded by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provided Cory with an RA, Ceara Horsley, in Fall 2008 to work on GRASAC data entry. (CH)

Approximate Place of Origin

45.6426, -85.036

Source of Information about Places

Wisconsin, USA

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