Object Number |
NA10721 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Teton (uncertain) |
Provenience |
Dakotas (uncertain) |
Culture Area |
Great Plains Culture Area |
Section |
American |
Materials |
Buffalo Hide | Pigment | Quill |
Description |
Pictographic robe showing battle scenes between indigenous groups. |
Credit Line |
Purchased from Walter C. Wyman, 1925 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
Hall, Henry U. "A Buffalo Robe Biography." The Museum Journal 17, no. 1. (1926): 5-35. |
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Williams, Lucy F., William S. Wierzbowski, and Robert W. Preucel. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2005. See: Pages 148-149/Plate 58 |
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Maurer, Evan M. The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art. Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977. See: Page 39 |
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