Headband
- Date created
- 1870-1900
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- Bernard S. Mason (Bernard Sterling Mason), Non-Indian, 1896-1953
- Possible collector
- John L. Holden, Non-Indian, 1922-1998
- Previous owner
- John L. Holden, Non-Indian, 1922-1998
- Donor
- John L. Holden, Non-Indian, 1922-1998
- Collection History
- Acquired in Arizona or New Mexico in the 1940s by Bernard S. Mason (1896-1953, author of books on Indian crafts, an active supporter of camping and "Indian lore" as educational experiences, and director of Camp Kooch-i-ching, Rainy Lake, Minnesota); bequeathed or given to his friend John Landis Holden (1922-1998, also a camping enthusiast and subsequent director of Camp Kooch-i-ching); donated to NMAI by John L. Holden in 1991.
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- Place
- North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Sioux
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/3392
- Barcode
- 253392.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Object Name
- Headband
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads, ribbon, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded
- Dimensions
- 64 x 4 x 0.5 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_269225