While I have no information to offer concerning turbans made from finger-woven wool sashes, or made from silk material, these types of headwear appear in many old photos of some Central Plains and Prairie tribes, both alone or in combination with a hair roach.
If anyone has any information to offer on this topic, I'd be very interested in learning more.
Some examples of turbans made from finger-woven wool yarn sashes, such as the picture below:
Pipe Chief - Pawnee - 1858
L-R: Sun Chief, A Fine Horse, Lone Chief, Struck By A Tomahawk, One Aimed At - Pawnee - 1868
Lone Chief, Standing Buffalo Bull, Iron Whip, Walks With Effort I - Ponca - 1858
Lone Chief (aka Antoine Primeaux)– Ponca – no date
Lone Chief (aka Antoine Primeaux) – Ponca – no date
James Whitewater - Otoe - 1891
Prairie Turtle - Otoe - 1894
Otoe man - 1896
Robert Headman - Otoe - 1898
James Whitewater - Otoe - 1898
Iowa man - no date
Little Chief – Iowa – 1869
Bear – Iowa – 1869
Deer Thigh – Iowa – 1869
Standing Hawk, Little Chief, Rattling Thunder - Omaha - 1866
Buck Elk Walking, Blackbird - Omaha/Missouri - 1875
The Buck - Omaha - 1883
Hard Ribs - Omaha - no date
The Watchful Fox - Sauk & Fox - 1847
Sauk & Fox man - 1858
Sauk & Fox men – 1866
Many Scalps - Sauk & Fox - 1868
Moses Keokuk - Sauk & Fox - 1868
Winding Stream - Sauk & Fox - 1890
Shining River - Sauk & Fox - 1890
Shining River - Sauk & Fox - 1890
Black Dog, Not Afraid of Pawnees - Osage – 1877
Some examples of turbans made from silk material:
Buffalo Bull - Pawnee - 1858
Group of 4 Pawnee men and 1 interpreter - 1868
Driving A Herd - Pawnee - 1868
William Faw Faw - Otoe - no date
Knife - Iowa - 1869
Omaha men - 1875
White Horns – Osage – 1904
