mukwaqw's (Head Ring)

Part of a dancer's outfit

Purchased from Davenport Clayton in 1959. Collected by his parents while operating a store in Bella Coola between 1890 and 1910.

Dancer's headband. Series of three coiled red cedar bark rings sewn one on top of the other. Seam between filled on the outside with a roll of twisted bleached cedar bark. Soft cloth band with sections of pink and sections of white stripes sewn around the inside of the ring. Extra strips of bark sewn to outside of the ring.