Breechcloth

Museum number:
2-5210
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
18 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
Breechcloth made of navy blue cloth; white-outline beaded floral designs on each end.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Loincloths
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
For ceremonial and dress occasions; also worn by other Siouan tribes.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 68 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13/93; 13/94. Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971. For ceremonial and dress occasions; also worn by other Siouan tribes.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974) and S1980-1981 #24: Palo Alto Cultural Center (October 28, 1980–January 23, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Breechcloth, accession number 2-5210, described as Breechcloth made of navy blue cloth; white-outline beaded floral designs on each end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Breechcloth, accession number 2-5210, described as Breechcloth made of navy blue cloth; white-outline beaded floral designs on each end.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Breechcloth, accession number 2-5210, described as Breechcloth made of navy blue cloth; white-outline beaded floral designs on each end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Breechcloth, accession number 2-5210, described as Breechcloth made of navy blue cloth; white-outline beaded floral designs on each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Breechcloth, accession number 2-5210, described as Breechcloth made of navy blue cloth; white-outline beaded floral designs on each end.

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