Accession No
1930.689 A-F
Description
Costume; mask; shirt; leggings; moccasins - " Windegokan" or Cannibal Dance costume. A: mask. B: shirt. C & D: leggings. E & F: moccasins. Breech cloth missing. The windegokan costume must be made from any old rubbish that can be picked up. The name of this dance is misleading, it is not connected with cannibalism; Incomplete
' Costume made of hessian, from old ?potato bags. ask of white cloth, tasselled. R.Hand 06/2007
Place
Americas; North America; Canada; Manitoba
Period
Source
Rymill, Robert [collector]; Clarke, Louis Colvile Gray [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1930.689 A-F; MAA: 1930.689; 1930.689 A; 1930.689 F; BU 29
Cultural Affliation
C=Plains; T=Anishinabe; T=Ojibwa; Bungay; L=Algonquian
Material
Cloth; Plant
Local Term
Windegokan
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Rymill.R in 1929
' This is an Ojibwe ' widigo' costume, also referred to as a ' contrary' costume, and is not associated with cannibalism. It should be referred to in negative/contrary terms, it is not a mask, or it is not a costume etc. From notes by Morgan Baillargeon, May 2007'
Event Date 7/12/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
" Windegokan" or Cannibal Dance costume. A: mask. B: shirt. C & D: leggings. E & F: moccasins. Breech cloth missing. The windegokan costume must be made from any old rubbish that can be picked up. The name of this dance is misleading, it is not connected with cannibalism; Incomplete
' Costume made of hessian, from old ?potato bags. ask of white cloth, tasselled. R.Hand 06/2007
Event Date 7/12/1992
Author: maa
FM:83000
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