Quirt

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Date created: circa 1890

Culture/People: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Previous owner: Ilda Gerber (Ilda Derber), Non-Indian
Seller: Ilda Gerber (Ilda Derber), Non-Indian

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ilda Gerber; purchased by George Heye from Ilda Gerber in 1910.
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Place: Montana; USA (inferred)

See related items: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke); Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Unbound, Contemporary Expressions

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/7263
Barcode: 027263.000

Object Type: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
Indigenous Term: iichíiliche

Object Name: Quirt
Media/Materials: Wood, hide, cotton cloth, commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, brass tacks/bosses, pigment/pigments, sinew
Techniques: Carved, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, bead-wrapped, studded, colored
Dimensions: 107.50 x 6.30 x 1.80 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d7498215-c9ea-43dd-a0be-e639b1f034b5

Record ID: NMAI_29092