Head Ring Item Number: A8375 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Dancer's headband. Series of three coiled red cedar bark rings sewn one on top of the other. Seam between filled on the outside with a roll of twisted bleached cedar bark. Soft cloth band with sections of pink and sections of white stripes sewn around the inside of the ring. Extra strips of bark sewn to outside of the ring.

History Of Use

Part of a dancer's outfit

Narrative

In 1959 John Davenport Clayton sold this collection of Bella Coola belongings (A8360-A8376) to the Campbell River Historical Society (Museum). The collection comprised 17 masks, headdresses, and other ceremonial items, as well as 3 cedar boxes. In 1963 the Campbell River Museum sold the 17 masks and ceremonial items to MOA (not the boxes). Objects in this collection may have come from Nuxalk households via sale, or exchange (as collateral towards money owed on goods purchased at the store), or may have been placed with the Claytons for secure storage during a time of floods and fires, and ended up remaining with the Clayton family?

Item History

What

Name
Head Ring
Identification Number
A8375
Type of Item
head ring
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Manufacturing Technique
twisted and sewn
Overall
height 8.9 cm, diameter 30.3 cm

Who

Culture
Nuxalk
Previous Owner
John Davenport Clayton and Campbell River & District Historical Society
Received from
Campbell River & District Historical Society (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada

When

Collection Date
between 1890 and 1910
Ownership Date
before 1959 and before April 17, 1963
Acquisition Date
on April 17, 1963

Other

Condition
fair
Current Location
Case 26
Accession Number
0099/0016