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Object Number
985-27-10/59549
Display Title
Bison Calf Robe
Descriptions
Object Description
Plains decorated calf skin, probably Sioux. Some quilled decorations in red and blue. Beaded rosettes, green centers w/ blue outlines. 118.5x78.4 cm.
Inventory Description
Skin, bands of red quill, blue and red quill design, blue/green glass bead circl
Classification
- Art 2-D
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 62 x 114.5 x 0.1 cm (24 7/16 x 45 1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59549, 24867
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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