| Object Number |
38251B |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Mandan |
| Provenience |
United States of America | North Dakota |
| Culture Area |
Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section |
American |
| Materials |
Deerskin | Porcupine Quill | Human Hair (uncertain) | Horsehair | Sinew | Bead | Pigment |
| Description |
Breeches have parallel transverse brown bands (burned), bands of quill work with 3 quill work bosses and quill wrapped bunches of scalps and horsehair down seam |
| Height |
105.99 cm |
| Width |
71.12 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. See: Page 326 Top row, center |
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| Williams, Lucy F., William S. Wierzbowski, and Robert W. Preucel. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2005. See: Pages 84-85/Plate 28 |
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| Maurer, Evan M. The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art. Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977. See: Page 143/Fig 161 |
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| Williams, Lucy F. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2003. See: p. 63, pl. 68a, pl. 68b |
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