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Object Number
99-12-10/53120
Display Title
Quilled bison robe
Descriptions
Object Description
Heavy winter robe made from a single buffalo hide, quilled almost entirely with split bird quills. Lanes of quillwork run in two directions, perpendicular to each other. Features include a "hood" of quill-wrapped rawhide fringe surrounding the head of the bison, a quilled brain disk, quilled ear panels, quilled, slatted shoulder straps, and a quilled, slatted tail. Possibly a "buffalo calling robe."
Inventory Description
Bison robe, striped pattern of quillwork, fringe at bottom, lined with fur
Classification
- Outerwear
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1800-1825
Culture
- Sioux
- Arapaho?
- Atsina?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 239 x 168 cm (94 1/8 x 66 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
Thomas Jefferson
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Lt. George Christian Hutter
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
William Clark
(Unknown - Unknown)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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