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Horse mask  (Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry)  "1840-1860"

Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian



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Time Period:

1840-1860

Materials:

Deerhide/deerskin, porcupine quills, feather/feathers, dye/dyes

Techniques:

Quilled (lane stitched)

Dimensions:

52 x 59 cm

Cultures:

American Indians, Central Plains, Native Americans, North America, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), Plains, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

State:

Montana

Country:

USA

Collection History:

Collected by anthropologist and naturalist George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), probably between 1875 and 1900; transferred to R.F. Zogbaum (1849-1925, Western artist) at an unknown date; sold or given to George Heye in 1906 or 1907.

Source ID:

NMAI_15330

Catalog Number:

1/4443

Album Name:

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