First-phase Chief blanket with embellishments by Sicangu Lakota users
date: label: Date created
content: 1840-1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: Diné (Navajo); used by the Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
label: Possible collector
content: De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
label: Previous owner
content: De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
label: Donor
content: De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of De Cost Smith (1864-1939, a Western painter) and possibly collected by him between 1884 and 1900 among the Sicangu Lakota; bequeathed to MAI by De Cost Smith.
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place: label: Place
content: South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: See related items
content: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
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content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/1339
label: Barcode
content: 201339.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: First-phase Chief blanket with embellishments by Sicangu Lakota users
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool yarn, german silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy), brass, hide thong/babiche, porcupine quills, horsehair, metal cones, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Woven, dyed, quill-wrapped (flat)
label: Dimensions
content: 170 x 197 cm