Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of James M. Luongo (1897-1983, owner of Plume Trading & Sales, Co. in New York City); purchased from him by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) in 1962; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- North America
- Previous owner
- James M. Luongo, Non-Indian, 1897-1983
- Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
- Donor
- Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
- Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
- Object Name
- Headband
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Edge beaded , sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Dimensions
- 26 x 4.5 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
