Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1790 and 1795 by British Army officer Major Andrew Foster (1768-1806) at Fort Miami or Fort Michilimackinac; inherited by his family and donated to the Wells and Mendip Museum (Wells, England) by Foster family members in 1936; removed from the collection of the Wells and Mendip Museum at an unknown date; acquired by George Terasaki (a New York art dealer) in 1965 or 1966; acquired by MAI through an exchange with George Terasaki in 1967.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Great Lakes
- Collector
- Major Andrew Foster, Non-Indian, 1768-1806
- Previous owner
- Major Andrew Foster, Non-Indian, 1768-1806
- Wells and Mendip Museum
- George Terasaki, Non-Indian
- Seller
- George Terasaki, Non-Indian
- Date created
- circa 1790
- Object Name
- Headdress
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, satin, eagle feather/feathers, silver brooches, porcupine quills, pottery/ceramic bead/beads, horsehair, hide thong/babiche, cotton tape, wood, cotton thread, sinew, linen thread, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Bent, stitched, wrapped, sewn, quill-wrapped (flat)
- Dimensions
- 39 x 36 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
