Headdress Case Item Number: 50.67.30 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Plains type man's case , Blackfoot, probably, because design of the bear claw and the parallel lines although the case does have a wide border and curve elements not usually seen as Blackfoot. This might have held sacred objects or a rolled up headdress. Might be missing a top piece otherwise in good condition. Sioux, possibly and Northern for sure.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
- Name
- Headdress Case
- Identification Number
- 50.67.30
- Type of Item
- headdress and case
- Material
- rawhide hide and pigment
- Overall
- length 17.5 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Container