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1992.22.23

Warbonnet

1992.22.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Warbonnet
Cultural groups
Native American
Person
Field collector Newton David Munro Turvey
PRM source Kathleen Turvey
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1992
Date collected
By 1992
Acquisition information
Donated: 28/08/1992
Materials and processes
Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Bead, Material Felt Wool Textile Animal, Material Animal Sinew, Material Bird Feather, Material Yarn, Process Beadwork, Process Bound, Process Repaired (local), Process Felted
Dimensions
Length 660 mm folded
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.22.23
Research and responses

There is evidence that collector made warbonnets, but this specimen, on account of the sinew-sewn beadwork in a different colour scheme to that usually adopted by him, may be of Indian manufacture. There is a list in RDF giving specifications for 30 pieces of rawhide, probably for binding the feathers on a warbonnet such as this.

Search terms: Weapon, Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Headdress, Headgear

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