Breechcloth and sash/belt
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Chickasaw
- Previous owner
- Archie Simpson, Oklahoma Muskogee (Creek)
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Breechcloth and sash/belt
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, ribbon, wool yarn, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Dimensions
- 25 x 142 cm
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
- Place
- Oklahoma; USA
- Collection History
- Collected from Archie Simpson (Oklahoma Muskogee) by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923, assistant to Mark Harrington in Oklahoma) in 1912 during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
- Catalog Number
- 3/2629
- Barcode
- 032629.000
- See related items
- Chickasaw
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement