REMARKS:
This beaded cap is a man's nacaq from Tangirnaq (Woody Island, Kodiak), and lacks the long train of beads that hung down from the back of headdresses worn by women (see 72472). This cap is sewn with beige cotton thread and braided sinew on a soft caribou skin frame.

-Dee Hunt

CATALOG NUMBER:

72476

OBJECT TYPE:

man's beaded headdress

ACCESSION NO.:

12209 (1882)

YEAR COLLECTED:

1879-1882

FIELD NUMBER:

13

GROUP NAME:

Tangirnarmiut

GROUP NAME RECORDED BY FISHER:

TANICHNAGMIUTE TRIBE

LOCATION:

Tangirnaq (Woody Island, Lesnoi Island)

LOCATION RECORDED BY FISHER:

LESNOI ISLAND NEAR KODIAK ISL'D.

NATIVE LANGUAGE TERM:

nacaq

NATIVE LANGUAGE TERM RECORDED BY FISHER:

NA-DJAK

DIMENSIONS:

h=25 cm (to bottom of back loops)