Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by anthropologist Wilson D. Wallis (1886-1970) in 1912 during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
- Collector
- Wilson D. Wallis, Non-Indian, 1886-1970
- Date created
- circa 1860
- Object Name
- Woman's hood
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, silk cloth, glass bead/beads, twine/string
- Techniques
- Ribbonwork appliqué, edge beaded
- Dimensions
- 39.3 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
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