Cap Tail or Trailer Item Number: 11.694.8985 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This otter skin cap tail would generally be worn around the neck or attached to a choker. It has a side edge of loom beadwork in white with red and blue designs. The blue cloth heart on the top edge is edged in white and red and is beaded on the reverse side. The support material which is hidden by the fur is covered with reverse appliqué ribbon work which conceals the fur fold and seams.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Cap Tail or Trailer
- Identification Number
- 11.694.8985
- Type of Item
- tail, cap and or
- Material
- otter skin, wool trade cloth, glass bead, commercially woven cotton trade cloth, silk ribbon, hide, feather and sinew
- Overall
- length 54.0 in, width 6.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Osage
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)