Name/Title
HeaddressEntry/Object ID
L2024.3.164a-bDescription
a. Feathers attached to green felt cap with blue feather "wraps." White, blue, green, and red beaded browband. Red ribbon chin strap.
b. cotton bagContext
This heavily worn headdress is a mix of well-done beadwork and naïve, culturally inappropriate details like the feather wraps and the crude felt side pendant drops. Later correspondence with the dealer indicated that it “came from a picker out of Raymond (on the shores of Sebago Lake), Maine.” This may be an example of period “Indian Enthusiast” art, perhaps from a children’s camp at the Lake. However, this item saw long sustained use and expedient (inexpert) repair that is generally not characteristic of enthusiast wear. There are records of Native people making and wearing native clothing during this period, and this is probably an example of that tradition. Local Native People also would don “Indian Clothes” for performance or selling crafts at tourist areas like Sebago Lake. It comes with its original cotton drawstring bag. This is the type of adult headdress that appears in 20th century “Blanket and Headdress” photographs of Western Abenaki Men (see 2024.3.154).Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Abenaki Cultural ConservancyClothing/Dress/Costume Details
Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume
HeaddressClothing Sex
MaleTextile Details
Material
Feather, Felt, BeadsMade/Created
Date made
circa 1930Place
State/Province
MaineCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
HeaddressNomenclature Primary Object Term
RegaliaNomenclature Sub-Class
Status SymbolsNomenclature Class
Personal SymbolsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects