Woman's hood

Date created
circa 1840
Culture/People
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Collector
Frederick Johnson (Fred Johnson/Frederick M. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1904-1994
Collection History
Collected in 1930 by anthropologist Frederick Johnson (1904-1994) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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Place
Truro Reserve; Colchester County; Nova Scotia; Canada
See related items
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
17/6425
Barcode
176425.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Native Term
a-sún
Object Name
Woman's hood
Media/Materials
Wool cloth, silk cloth, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques
Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63464c98c-004b-4d0a-8c92-71c0d3f5159f
Record ID
NMAI_188420