Headdress
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Great Lakes Woodlands
Woodlands
1951-1956
Cloth, dyed goose feathers, glass beads, weasel fur, horsehair, woven beading
Overall: 17 5/16 in. (44 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26648
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed on cloth: "Vivatex, Reg. U.S. Pat. Off"
Exhibition History
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
Publication History
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.79, no.180.
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
Provenance
Given by "Native Americans from Wisconsin" to Walter J. Kohler, Jr., Governor of Wisconsin, 1951-1956; given to Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
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