Head Ring Item Number: A4522 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Head band of strips of cedar bark wrapped with string and sewn together in horizontal rows; extra bundles of red-dyed cedar bark bound with string and tied to the main band on three sides. Large rectangular piece of red-dyed cedar bark backed with cloth sewn to one side.
History Of Use
Hamats!a head ring.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in 'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Head Ring
- Identification Number
- A4522
- Type of Item
- head ring
- Material
- cedar bark and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- bound and sewn
- Overall
- width 2.75 in, diameter 7.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- 'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Condition
- poor