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Headdress

Date 1865-1900
Medium / Technique Ostrich feather, glass bead, brass bead, brass token, silk ribbon, cotton thread, birchbark, cardboard, metallic thread, metallic ribbon, metal braid
Dimensions28.5 x 58 cm
CultureIndigenous: Maliseet
Origin Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia, Canada
Geocultural Area Eastern Woodlands
Object NumberM956.5
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of David Ross McCord

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