Culture/People:

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Possible collector:

Fred R. Meyer, Non-Indian, 1874-1939  Search this

Previous owner:

Fred R. Meyer, Non-Indian, 1874-1939  Search this

Seller:

Fred R. Meyer, Non-Indian, 1874-1939  Search this

Object Name:

Headdress

Media/Materials:

Cotton cloth, ermine skin/fur, buffalo horn, hide, rawhide, glass bead/beads, wool cloth, brass tacks/bosses, feather/feathers, silk cloth, grass, hide thong/babiche, paint, thread

Techniques:

Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, split, studded, painted

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Place:

Montana; USA (inferred)

Date created:

circa 1890

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Fred R. Meyer (1874-1939, an amateur photographer who traveled widely in the West) and possibly collected by him; purchased by George Heye from Fred Meyer in 1913.

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Catalog Number:

3/2915

Barcode:

032915.000

See related items:

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws693eedb2b-900b-40a7-b4ce-ce837c7913f7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_34779