Robe

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Date created: circa 1850

Culture/People: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke); collected from the Plains Cree (Prairie Cree)
Collector: William H. Schieffelin (W.H. Schiefflin), Non-Indian, 1836-1895
Previous owner: William H. Schieffelin (W.H. Schiefflin), Non-Indian, 1836-1895; William de la Montagne Cary (W. M. Cary), Non-Indian, 1840-1922
Seller: William de la Montagne Cary (W. M. Cary), Non-Indian, 1840-1922

Collection History: Collected in September 1861 at Fort Benton, Montana, by William H. Schieffelin (1836-1895); given to his travelling companion, magazine illustrator William de la Montagne Cary (1840-1922) in the mid 1880s; purchased by George Heye from William de la Montagne Cary in 1907.
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Place: Montana; USA

See related items: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke); Plains Cree (Prairie Cree); Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/2558
Barcode: 012558.000

Object Type: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)

Object Name: Robe
Media/Materials: Buffalo hide/skin, wool cloth, animal hoof/hooves, porcupine quills, glass pony beads, glass bead/beads, dye/dyes, sinew
Techniques: Quilled (lane stitched), quill plaiting/woven quillwork, quill-wrapped (flat), lazy/lane stitch beadwork, painted
Dimensions: 223 x 190 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws632843bdb-27e9-4b90-a90a-1f29d44a62cd

Record ID: NMAI_13077