Buffalo Robe
| Object Number: | NA3986 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sioux Lakota |
| Provenience: | United States of America South Dakota Standing Rock Reservation |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Date Made: | 1882 |
| Early Date: | 1911 |
| Late Date: | 1911 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Buffalo Hide Pigment |
| Technique: | Painted |
| Length: | 274.32 cm |
| Width: | 214.63 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from James H. McLaughlin, 1911 |
Description
Painted. Sun symbol. Printed across the face of the robe: "Jas. H. McLoughlin."
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Chapter] Grant, Lynn A., and Gleeson, Molly, and Owczarek, Nina, and Petersen, W. C., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Owczarek, Nina. 2017. "A rare reference resource: five Lakota painted buffalo robes from Standing Rock Reservation". Engaging Conservation; Collaboration across Disciplines. London. Archetype Publications Ltd. pg. 219-230 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Figure 8 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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