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Indian Chieftain Headdress

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UPDATED July, 23, 2013: I've decided to sell my Chieftain Headdress. It pains me that it has been kept stored neatly away in a box for many years, since I have no where to display or wear it - I just don't have the space.

If you are interested in buying this handmade Headdress, please note me or see my eBay Auction at www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Handm...


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I love working with mixed media, especially leather, feathers, beading, knitting and fur...

This is one of my American Indian pieces. The Chieftain Headdress was made with the following:

- Hand-tied red felt and Goose feathers, colored to be simulated Bald Eagle feathers (real Eagle not allowed by US Federal Law), with smaller Game Bird feathers for accents at the bases, and attached to the Headdress with leather loops.

- Leather skull cap, with a real Turkey Tail Feather in the center (not shown in this view) back of the cap. Down the back of the Headdress includes a three foot red felt "trailer" with dual rows of Goose feathers, colored to be simulated Golden Eagle feathers (real Eagle not allowed by US Federal Law) - partially seen in this photo,

- Hand-beaded (my design) loomed Headband across the front,

- Side decorative strips anchored to the Headband assembly with large Abalone disks and includes Beaver fur strips with red felt trailers and black Hair Pipe long beads, and colored Pony glass beads.

I designed and produced this Indian Chieftain Headdress with no particular Native American tribe in mind, so it does not follow any certain tribe, nor was it intended to.

This Headdress took me over a month to hand-make and assemble and a lot of love and patience.

It involved wrapping each feather, hand-cutting and making the leather skull-cap and the felt back trailer, and then attaching each feather individually to the cap and back trailer. Then producing the Headband design and hand bead looming the beadwork, and hand sewing the Headband and decorative beadwork and beaver fur strips to the sides.
Image size
1449x1522px 1.54 MB
Make
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD
Model
C3030Z
Shutter Speed
10/500 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
10 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Nov 30, 1999, 12:00:00 AM
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