Lakota headgear

Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893

XIX - 1891 - 1900

C.A.356

Tipo di misura: lunghezza; Unità di misura: cm; Valore: 30; Varie: da fronte a nuca; Tipo di misura: larghezza; Unità di misura: cm; Valore: 18; Tipo di misura: lunghezza; Unità di misura: cm; Valore: 30

Sud Dakota

Gli aculei di porcospino venivano divisi a seconda della misura, ammorbiditi in bocca e, presso alcune tribù, spaccati; quindi erano appiattiti con i denti o con le unghie.

Protezione e ornamentale. Vita quotidiana.

Leather cap entirely decorated with porcupine quills drawing two bison heads in yellow and purple, two stylised ornithomorphic figures in yellow and light green and fourteen scaled triangles in green/yellow and orange/purple on a red background. The back of the cap is decorated with concentric squares in red, purple, green and yellow porcupine quills. The whole decoration is bordered by a band of purple porcupine quills and a band of yellow glass beads. The cap is entirely bordered with a strip of burgundy fabric and at the sides are sewn two burgundy fabric ribbons for fastening the cap under the chin. On the back is a blue and white checked cotton veil edged with a strip of burgundy fabric. The inside is lined with red and blue patterned fabric on a cream background. The bonnet was not part of traditional indigenous clothing; it began to be made on the model of those worn by white women. The model therefore followed the European one, but the decoration could be made from traditional materials, such as porcupine quills and glass beads.