Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCCAS108

Category: Case - War Bonnet

Region: Plains

Tribe: Crow

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Rawhide, colored pigments, leather.

Description: Geometric diamond designs from top to bottom on a rawhide cylinder with thick native tanned fringe hanging from one side and the top and bottom. Decorated rawhide lid tied on and carrying straps affixed to the side opposite the fringe.

Dimensions: Length 23 inches

Provenance:

Ned Jacob

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 102

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