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1992.22.24

Warbonnet

1992.22.24

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Collection type
Object
Description
Warbonnet
Cultural groups
European
Plains
Person
Maker Newton David Munro Turvey
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Kathleen Turvey
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1992
Date collected
By 1992
Acquisition information
Donated: 28/08/1992
Materials and processes
Material Bird Feather, Material Bead, Material Felt Wool Textile Animal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Yarn, Material Animal Tail, Material Wool Textile Animal, Process Beadwork, Process Bound, Process Felted, Process Woven
Dimensions
Height 840 mm as displayed, Length 570 mm folded
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.22.24
Research and responses

There is evidence that collector made warbonnets. The collection includes supplies of the orange-red, white and blue beads used on this specimen, and there is an empty tin marked 'silver'. However, most of the beadwork assumed to have been done by collector is on hessian rather than leather. There is a list in RDF including specification for 30 pieces of rawhide of the size of strips binding the feathers on this specimen.

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

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