Pictured Buffalo Robe

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Collector
Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
William Courtenay
Donor Name
Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
FIGURATIVE DECORATION.
Pictographic scenes of warfare and horse raiding painted on a buffalo robe. Culture identification changed from Sioux to Hidatsa, Arikara, or Mandan by Candace Greene May 2017 based on a full review of the collecting history and consideration of general stylistic traits.
Record Last Modified
7 Aug 2020
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Hidatsa (?)
Arikara (Sahnish) (?)
Mandan (?)
Accession Date
25 May 1892
Collection Date
1872
Accession Number
025748
USNM Number
E154068-0
Object Type
Hide Painting
Unknown - Object
193 cm
305 cm
Length - Object
310 cm
Width - Object
239 cm
Place
Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
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NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8343632
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35c8c587e-8bc6-40b9-abb8-fe37ab7486f8
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