Headband

Museum number:
2-48462
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020048462
Accession number:
Acc.2720
Description:
Beadwork with leather ties; beadwork sewn to silk band (grey); beadwork has orange ground with multicolor geometric designs (loomed). Ties of leather dyed dark blue.
Donor:
Mrs. Ralph C. Shanks and Ralph C. Shanks
Collection place:
Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma
Verbatim coll. place:
Oklahoma; Caddo; Anadarko
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Maker or artist:
Nellie Neconi [Kiowa]
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1956
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:
ca. 1955-1956
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
On attached tag: "... Kiowa & Comanche headbands are quite similar except the design".
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 1.8 centimeters and length 40.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 2-48462, described as Beadwork with leather ties; beadwork sewn to silk band (grey); beadwork has orange ground with multicolor geometric designs (loomed). Ties of leather dyed dark blue.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 2-48462, described as Beadwork with leather ties; beadwork sewn to silk band (grey); beadwork has orange ground with multicolor geometric designs (loomed). Ties of leather dyed dark blue.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 2-48462, described as Beadwork with leather ties; beadwork sewn to silk band (grey); beadwork has orange ground with multicolor geometric designs (loomed). Ties of leather dyed dark blue.

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