Buckskin back. Beaded; brass bells; human hair fringe; painted. NOTE: DO NOT HANDLE. VERY FRAGILE. NOT TO LOAN.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Crow and Dakota
Collector:
Fred Harvey
Collection date:
1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jackets (short coats)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Worn by warriors.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 62.5 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "See Acc. envelope 838 for tag." Photo: "W. H. Jackson catalogue of photographs, nos. 347 and 348 - photos taken in 1872" Published: "See Bulletin of American Ethnology #30, pt. 1, pg. 167. (1905).
Loans:
S1973-1974 #69: Art Gallery (UC Santa Barbara ) (March 19, 1974–July 29, 1974)