Saddle Blanket

39-18-5

From: United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 39-18-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Oglala
Provenience United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Bead | Cotton
Description

Rectangular with flaps extending at four corners; these ends fringed. Canvas center with four broad bands of beaded buckskin. Bands entirely covered with white glass beads with typical rectilinear designs in red, blue and green beads.

Length 135 cm
Width 75 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert Frazier, 1939

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