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A SIOUX PAINTED PICTORIAL BUFFALO HIDE ROBE
of usual form, painted in numerous colors, depicting mounted warriors wearing a full range of highly decorated regalia and carrying a variety of weapons, including feathered lances and shields, inscribed with Heye Foundation number, 14/5680, and 9311
Length: 105¾ in. (2.7 m.)
of usual form, painted in numerous colors, depicting mounted warriors wearing a full range of highly decorated regalia and carrying a variety of weapons, including feathered lances and shields, inscribed with Heye Foundation number, 14/5680, and 9311
Length: 105¾ in. (2.7 m.)
Provenance
Ex-collection: Heye Foundation
The original National Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation catalogue card states "Painted buffalo robe. Bought by Corporal Louis E. Clave, 332 M.D. Casual Company, U.S. Marines, in 1887 from Indian who said he killed the buffalo northwest of Cheyenne, Wyoming,
Sioux, Purchase: Exchange withKarl May Museum, June 1939."
The Zielinski notes state, "This robe was collected by Jesse Cox, a relative of Jacob Cox, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America 1869 - 1870."
Ex-collection: Heye Foundation
The original National Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation catalogue card states "Painted buffalo robe. Bought by Corporal Louis E. Clave, 332 M.D. Casual Company, U.S. Marines, in 1887 from Indian who said he killed the buffalo northwest of Cheyenne, Wyoming,
Sioux, Purchase: Exchange withKarl May Museum, June 1939."
The Zielinski notes state, "This robe was collected by Jesse Cox, a relative of Jacob Cox, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America 1869 - 1870."
Ex-collection: Heye Foundation
Sale room notice
EXHIBITED:
Amerika Haus Berlin, Mar. 1 31, 1971
Amerika Haus Berlin, Mar. 1 31, 1971