$1,599
Northeast Beaded Cloth Cap, Iroquois-type, c. 1820-30s, an early form of a panel hat, black velvet and red trade cloth panels, beaded with an Iroquois sky-dome motif along the perimeter, the major design in the panels of a stylized crown, suggesting a Canadian origin, cotton lining, with custom stand, 8 x 5 in. Literature: Made of Thunder, Made of Glass, American Indian Beadwork of the Northeast , exhibition catalog, p. 28. Exhibitions: Made of Thunder, Made of Glass: Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2006, Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 2007, Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, New Hampshire, 2008, The Institute of American Indian Studies, Washington, Connecticut, 2009.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-05-05