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  • A pointed conical red hat with swirling blue embroidery with small pearl-like beads, and a slightly worn light yellow trim around the bottom edge.
  • A red trapezoidal-shaped textile with one edge straight and the other slanted laid flat with swirling blue embroidery, small pearl-like bead embellishments, and a light yellow trimmed bottom edge.
  • A tall, pointed conical red fabric hat with open front, featuring swirling blue embroidering, small white beads, and a slightly frayed blue-trimmed edge.

Unknown Maker, Mi'kmaq (Micmac)

Woman's hood

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Mi'kmaq (Micmac)

Culture

Mi'kmaq (Micmac), Native North American

Title

Woman's hood

Year

ca. 1775

Medium

  • Wool twill weave with glass beadwork and applied silk ribbon

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Wool twill weave with glass beadwork and applied silk ribbon

Materials

wool, silk, glass

Dimensions

Height: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Edward B. Goodnow

Object Number

81.019.10

Type

  • Costume Accessories

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Books

A World of Costume and Textiles: A Handbook of the Collection

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Selected Works

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Form, Pattern, and Function
Design in American Indian Art
Dec 04, 1992 – Jan 24, 1993

Label copy

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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Unknown Maker, Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Woman's hood, ca. 1775
Wool twill weave with glass beadwork and applied silk ribbon
Height: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 inches)
Gift of Edward B. Goodnow 81.019.10

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