Object Details
- Description
- Physical Description
- Cloth of red and white stripes. The blue canton features a painted eagle.
- Specific History
- This flag is reputed to have been used in the Indian Wars. The United States often presented flags, sometimes called "Indian Peace Flags" to friendly Indian nations. These flags featured a coat-of-arms including the image of an eagle in their cantons.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1830
- associated date
- 1830 - 1840
- ca 1822 - 1836
- ID Number
- AF.40498
- catalog number
- 40498
- accession number
- 143646
- Object Name
- flag
- flag, framed
- Other Terms
- flag; Military; Militia
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 47 in x 77 1/2 in; 119.38 cm x 196.85 cm
- overall: 46 1/2 ft x 70 ft; 14.1732 m x 21.336 m
- Associated Place
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Flags
- related event
- Expansion and Reform
- Record ID
- nmah_411093
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-0f12-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
