Quilled Headband

Place of OriginNorth America

Datemid 18th century

Dimensions2 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (6.4 × 31.8 × 8.9 cm)

Mediumhide, porcupine quills, natural dyes, linen threads

ClassificationTextiles and Fiber

Credit LinePurchased with funds from The Joseph and Kathleen Magliochetti Fund

Object number

2023.375

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18

DescriptionComposed of hide strip seamed together at both ends, faced with panels of quill-wrapped splint interwoven with contrasting quills, in red, black, blue, ivory, yellow and green, to form a variety of geometric motifs.

Published ReferencesPhillips, Ruth B. and Dale Idiens, “‘A Casket of Savage Curiosities’: Eighteenth-century Objects from Northeastern North America in the Farquharson Collection,” Journal of the History of Collections, 1994, vol. 6, no. 1.