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A dark blue and red hood beaded with floral and geometric designs and silk ribbon | Donald Ellis Gallery

Hood

Mi’kmaq   
Nova Scotia

ca. 1830

wool cloth, glass beads, silk ribbon

height: 13 ½"

Inventory # W4434

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acquired by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON


Provenance

Private collection, Scotland       

RELATED EXAMPLES  

Douglas, Frederic and D’Harnoncourt, Rene. Indian Art of the United States. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941, Fig. 70

King, J.C.H. First People, First Contacts. London: British Museum Press, 1999, pg. 38, pl. 27