Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8411003

Category: Headstall

Region: Plains

Tribe: Cree - Plains Cree

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; porcupine quills; white glass seed beads; tin cones; dyed horsehair; cotton thread.

Description: Headstall consists of four strips of loom woven quillwork with quilled rosettes at each corner. Two plaited quill fingers hang down from the top of the headstall. Tin cones and horsehair ornaments are attached to rosettes and fingers.

Dimensions: Height 12.25 inches 31 cm; Width 13 inches 33 cm.

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 141

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