Red Headdress with Blue and White Beads

Sioux

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Caption

Sioux. Red Headdress with Blue and White Beads, early 19th century. Horse hair, pony beads, Stroud cloth, cotton ribbon, length of headband: 8 in. (20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.31. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Sioux

Title

Red Headdress with Blue and White Beads

Date

early 19th century

Geography

Place collected: Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States

Medium

Horse hair, pony beads, Stroud cloth, cotton ribbon

Classification

Clothing

Dimensions

length of headband: 8 in. (20.3 cm)

Credit Line

Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Accession Number

50.67.31

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