Collar

Cape (clothing)

37-23-5

From: United States of America | Maine | Oldtown

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 37-23-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Penobscot
Provenience United States of America | Maine | Oldtown
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Glass | Silk
Description

Ceremonial cape, elaborately beaded on black broadcloth, bound with dark blue ribbon and lined with dotted blue cambric. Deep crescent shaped. Floral design: border of double curve motif. Colors: dark and light blue, deep and bright green, yellow, orange, red and garnet. Believed by Chief Gabe Paul to be 90 years old.

Length 57 cm
Width 53 cm
Credit Line Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger, 1937

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