Headband

29-175-620

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-620
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cedar Bark
Description

Band of shredded cedar bark backed with a thin wood(?) splint. Top has bundles of bark sewn around edge; in one place are two bundles; in two places end of the bun-dle was brought down over band; two other places small panels of bark were sewn over band vertically. Reddish-brown.

Width 6.9 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 7/151 - Collector Number

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