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Object Number
99-12-10/53124
Display Title
Painted "box and border" robe
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's robe of bison calf skin, painted in the "box and border" design with brown, yellow, and red pigments and a sizing. Cross-hatching is used between the design elements, some of which - for example, the branching, pronged motif - are simply impressed and filled with sizing. The tips of the robe's legs are fringed.
Inventory Description
Robe, small, painted brown, yellow, red geometric design, sewn.
Classification
- Robe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1800-1850
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Hide, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 95 x 117 cm (37 3/8 x 46 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Collector
William Clark
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(Unknown - Unknown)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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