Beaded Headdress-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 23rd
Nacaq—Beaded Headdress Arya’aq nacartumauq.—The girl is wearing a beaded headdress. Alaska Natives in communities from interior Alaska to the southeast coast once wore beaded headdresses. Among the Alutiiq people, headdresses were an important item of ceremonial regalia, worn at festivals for dancing, feasting, and visiting. Women’s headdresses were typically made from hundreds of glass beads […]