Collar
Cape (clothing)
Object Number:
37-23-3
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Mohawk
Iroquois
Culture Area:
Northeast
Section:
American
Materials:
Glass
Silk
Description:
Ceremonial cape, elaborately beaded on red silk, bound with blue silk ribbon and lined with blue muslin. Scalloped back and pointed front; edged with inch-wide net of white beads. Design: deer on back, beaver in front below each medallion, four large floral sprays. Colors: dark and pale blue, lavendar, dark and light green, deep and pale yellow, red, pink, black, white and transparent white. Old. See 37-23-4 A-B
Length:
67.9cm
Width:
46cm
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger
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