Buffalo Robe

Object Number:

NA3985

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Sioux

Provenience:

South Dakota
Standing Rock Reservation

Culture Area:

Plains (Culture Area)

Date Made:

1882

Section:

American

Materials:

Buffalo Hide
Pigment

Description:

Painted. Large central sun symbol, red, blue, green, and yellow. Feathered circle pattern.

[Book] Maurer, Evan M. 1992. Visions of the People: A Pictorial History of Plains Indian Life. : Page/Fig./Plate: 288