Culture/People:

Great Lakes  Search this

Collector:

Major Andrew Foster, Non-Indian, 1768-1806  Search this

Previous owner:

Major Andrew Foster, Non-Indian, 1768-1806  Search this

Wells and Mendip Museum  Search this

George Terasaki, Non-Indian  Search this

Seller:

George Terasaki, Non-Indian  Search this

Object Name:

Headdress

Media/Materials:

Birchbark, satin, eagle feather/feathers, silver brooches, porcupine quills, pottery/ceramic bead/beads, horsehair, hide thong/babiche, cotton tape, wood, cotton thread, sinew, linen thread, dye/dyes

Techniques:

Bent, stitched, wrapped, sewn, quill-wrapped (flat)

Dimensions:

39 x 36 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Place:

Michilimackinac, Fort Miami; Cheboygan County, Saint Joseph County; Michigan; USA

Date created:

circa 1790

Collection History:

Collected between 1790 and 1795 by British Army officer Major Andrew Foster (1768-1806) at Fort Miami or Fort Michilimackinac; inherited by his family and donated to the Wells and Mendip Museum (Wells, England) by Foster family members in 1936; removed from the collection of the Wells and Mendip Museum at an unknown date; acquired by George Terasaki (a New York art dealer) in 1965 or 1966; acquired by MAI through an exchange with George Terasaki in 1967.

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Catalog Number:

24/2000

Barcode:

242000.000

See related items:

Great Lakes

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

On View:

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65d8870ee-c0e4-4239-a13c-a90622279510

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_257666