HEADDRESS

Headdress. Red velvet headband with linear beaded design with gray and turquoise faceted beads on front. Pink beads with loops of blue beads and two long, yellow tassels hanging from metal circles on left and ride sides. Red ribbon with tassels hanging from proper left. Long, white feathers with reddish feathers at base wrapped with red cloth and multi-colored feathers attached to tips. Blue and white feathers attached to top of cap.

Details

Catalog Number: A2012:2:4

Object Name: HEADDRESS

Material: FEATHERCLOTHGLASSMETAL

Dimensions:

• Diameter: 27.5 cm
• Height: 36.0 cm

World Region: North America

Culture Area: Plains

People/Culture: Sioux

Culture Subgroup: Dakota

Place Made: Sisseton Indian Reservation (inhabited place)-- Codington (county)-- South Dakota (state)-- United States (nation)-- North and Central America (continent)

Date Made: Pre 1945

Collection: Anthropology