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Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Native North American

Woman's hood, ca. 1775

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Mi'kmaq (Micmac)

Title

Woman's hood

Year

ca. 1775

Medium

Wool twill weave with glass beadwork and applied silk ribbon

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wool,
  • silk,
  • glass

Techniques

  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • twill weave

Dimensions

Height: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of Edward B. Goodnow

Object Number

81.019.10

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selected Works

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Form, Pattern, and Function

December 4, 1992 - January 24, 1993

The Micmac Indians of the Canadian Maritime Provinces came into contact with Europeans as early as the 17th century, obtaining tradecloth and Venetian glass beads before other groups. The traditional and possibly precontact MicMac hood form has been made in red and black tradecloth instead of skin, and the traditional precontact double curve motif, derived from prehistoric petroglyphs, has been applied with beads strung on horesehair and couched down, because the beads were too small to accommodate a needle.

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