Cap

Name (French):	chapeau, bonnet
Name (Innu):	akunishkueun / akunishkueun ka peshaikanit
Date Collected:	1920-1930
Institutions:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Catalog Number:	Catalogue number: 30-3-7
Place Made:	Labrador
Maker:
Collector:	Frank G. Speck

Description:

Woman’s beaded caribou leather cap. The cap is constructed of six sewn segments with a red satin edge band of navy blue and red printed cotton. It is beaded in red, blue, yellow, white and gold metallic beads above the cotton band. The shape of the cap is slightly peaked.