Headdress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Headdress

Entry/Object ID

2017.3.13

Description

Loom-beaded head band. The band is made of tiny glass beads woven into a design of feathers, chevrons, and Xs in purple, white, and black. The beaded strip is stitched onto a leather backing, which is stretched thin at either end to make ties.

Context

This was Abenaki chief Homer St. Francis' first head dress.

Acquisition

Accession

2017.3

Source or Donor

Wiseman, Frederick M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Frederick M. Wiseman

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Headdress

Textile Details

Material

Leather

Sewing Stitch Type

Whipstitch, Running Stitch

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1950

Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Abenaki

Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Headdress

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Regalia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

1-3/4 in

Length

19-7/8 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

St. Francis, Homer (1935-2001)

Related Places

Place

Town

Swanton

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America