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Object Number 40-79-10/22551
Display Title Prayer cloth. Multi-colored painted buckskin. Geometric and figurative designs.
Descriptions
Object Description Prayer cloth. Multi-colored painted buckskin. Geometric and figurative designs. Feather decoration.
Inventory Description Animal hide, painted figures and geometric designs
Classification
  • Painting
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chiricahua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-79-10/22551
Provenance
Collector Capt. John G. Bourke (01/01/1869-01/01/1880)
Donor Mrs. Sarah Bourke James (09/30/1940)

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