British flag
date: label: Date created
content: 1810-1812
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; said to have been used by the Shawnee
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Tecumseh (Tecumtha/Tekamthi/Shooting Star/Tekoomse/The One Who Passes Across Intervening Space from One Point to Another), Shawnee, 1768-1813
label: Previous owner
content: Sawa Benashe (Yellow Hawk/Othaawaapeelethee), Shawnee, ca. 1728-ca. 1820
label: Previous owner
content: Milford G. Chandler (M.G. Chandler), Non-Indian, 1889-1981
label: Seller
content: Milford G. Chandler (M.G. Chandler), Non-Indian, 1889-1981
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been given to Tecumseh (Shawnee, 1768-1813) by the British circa 1812, and carried during the Battle of the Thames in 1812 by Sawa Benashe (probably Yellow Hawk/Othaawaapeelethee, Shawnee, ca. 1728-ca. 1820); handed down in Sawa Benashe's family as an heirloom; purchased by Native art collector Milford G. Chandler (1889-1981) in 1942 from a descendant of Sawa Benashe; purchased by MAI from Milford Chandler in 1961.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Shawnee
label: See related items
content: Advertising/Logo items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/730
label: Barcode
content: 230730.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Advertising/Logo items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: British flag
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, appliquéd
label: Dimensions
content: 135.5 x 261 cm