Head Ring Item Number: A3600 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plaited cedar bark headband with twined coils of bark around the upper rim. Bundles of cedar bark strips are attached horizontally on either side of the headband. Band is lined with white and red checkered cotton cloth. Traces of red colouring in the cedar bark.
History Of Use
Hamats!a head band.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Alice Hunt
- Owned by Jonathan Hunt before November 1951
- Received from Jonathan Hunt (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during November 1951
What
- Name
- Head Ring
- Identification Number
- A3600
- Type of Item
- head ring
- Material
- dye, cedar bark, cotton fibre and pigment ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- plaited and sewn
- Overall
- height 7.6 cm, width 23.0 cm, depth 33.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Alice Hunt and Jonathan Hunt
- Received from
- Jonathan Hunt (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before November 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles; basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1913/0001