Red Headdress with Blue and White Beads Item Number: 50.67.31 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This headdress is constructed on a base of red Stroud cloth, formed into a band and decorated with beadwork in a series of "filled triangles." Blue triangular outlines filled with white beads alternate with white outlines filled with blue. A line of white beads is also attached at the lower edge of the red band. Horsehair that has been dyed red is inserted on the top of the band and a ribbon, once green, is tied on at both ends for fastening. An ear lock of horse hair is tied with sinew onto hide thong and a fine crewel yarn cord is hand plaited at the edge where the horsehair is attached.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1825
What
- Name
- Red Headdress with Blue and White Beads
- Identification Number
- 50.67.31
- Type of Item
- headdress and bead
- Material
- horse hair, pony bead, stroud cloth and cotton ribbon
- Measurements
- “length of headband: 8 in. (20.3 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Sioux
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1825
Other
- Classification
- Clothing