Cap
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jun 1990
name: label: Donor Name
content: W H. Kelly
notes: label: Notes
content: ELLIPTICAL SHAPE BLACK CLOTH CAP WITH RED CLOTH EDGING, LINED WITH LIGHT COLOR CLOTH OVER CARDBOARD STIFFENERS: DECORATED WITH METAL SEQUINS AND LAZY STITCH AND OVERLAY STITCH BEADWORK DEPICTING BIRDS AND FLOWERS; SOME OF THE LAZY STITCH FIGURES ARE DONE OVER PAPER PATTERNS TO ACHIEVE A RAISED LOOK; BEAD COLORS: BLUES, GREENS, REDS, PINKS, YELLOWS, WHITE, CLEAR; BOTH PONY AND SEED BEADS ARE USED; BEADWORK IS OUTLINED WITH LINES OF BRASS WIRE DECORATED BROCADE. CAP IS WORN AND FRAGILE, SOME BEADS ARE MISSING OR LOOSE. MISS A. LOVELACE, ASSISTANT KEEPER, DEPT. OF ARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, GLASGOW ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM, IDENTIFIES THIS CAP AS MODELLED ON THE HIGHLANDER'S GLENGARRY CAPS/BONNETS AND MADE AND WORN BY IROQUOIS WOMEN, 1840-1870. - 2-25-1987.
label: Notes
content: A Glengarry-style beaded cap.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380496
label: USNM Number
content: E425737-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8 cm