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1954.8.147

Headband

1954.8.147

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headband
Cultural groups
Inuit; Arctic
Inuit
Person
Field collector George Simpson
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1844
Date collected
?1844
Acquisition information
Donated: 1954
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Rawhide Skin, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Width 123 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.8.147
Research and responses

Originally entered as NW Coast. Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin said he had seen Western Inuit headbands something like these. 22.7.1958.

Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Religion, Headgear

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