Headdress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Headdress

Entry/Object ID

L2024.3.123

Description

Beaded, leather and turkey feather headdress. Band decorated with star/flower motifs in beadwork.

Context

Feathers all broken replaced 2001. Headdress is a bit of a mystery. It was sold to Frederick Wiseman as “from an old Indian family” by a Western Maine antique dealer. Its style is unique, with beautiful tiny edge beading with coarse springperlen Bohemian beads making star designs. There is a chance that this was made by an “Indian hobbyist” in the 1910’s or 1920’s.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Abenaki Cultural Conservancy

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Place

State/Province

Maine

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

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