Painted Buffalo Robe

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Title

Painted Buffalo Robe

Description

Whole buffalo robe with hair on, cut in two when dressed and sewn together along center with sinew. Skin side painted with good representation of the feathered-circle pattern described in Plains Indian Painting by John C. Ewers, pp. 11 and 12. Colors used in pattern - red, yellow and blue.

Creator

uknown

Coverage

Sioux People

Publisher

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Identifier

http://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8423052?q=Buffalo+Plains+skin&record=14&hlterm=Buffalo%2BPlains%2Bskin&inline=true

Citation

uknown, “Painted Buffalo Robe,” ANTH 212: Peoples of Native North America FA18, accessed September 21, 2024, https://ctsdh.org/anth212/items/show/330.

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