costume (women's) * foreign costume and textiles * beadwork;hat


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From The Collection Of
Nottingham Museums
Accession Number
NCM 1985-513
Discipline
Humanities
Date
1860 – 1870 (creation date)
Materials and Techniques
cotton, glass (material)
Place
North America, Canada (creation)
Description
glengarry; black velvet, glass beads ('lazy squaw beading')
History of Use
2 side pieces seamed at centre front, curved and sloped down to centre back where open; pointed oval top piece; edges bound with red cotton; top embroidered with a tree motif, the trunk and branches diagonally striped in navy blue and green beads, striped leaves and berries in shades of blue, white and yellow; hammered metal sequins in blue and red and yellow and red, held on by opaque white beads, edged with lines of similar beads and zig-zag of red beads; the sides with similar tree motifs beaded as before, edged zig-zag of yellow beads between blue and white lines; back edge bound with cream silk ribbon, remainds of bow
lining: lavender linen
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MDS record link
Record Rights
Nottingham Museums
CC BY
Creation Place
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