Body armor
date: label: Date created
content: 1820-1830
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tehuelche
label: Collector
content: General Juan Manuel de Rosas (Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rozas y López de Osornio), Non-Indian, 1793-1877
label: Previous owner
content: Sir John Hobart Caradoc (John Hobart Cradock/Lord Howden/second Baron Howden), Non-Indian, 1799-1873
label: Previous owner
content: Baron Albert Denison (Lord Albert Denison Conyngham/1st Baron Londesborough), Non-Indian, 1805-1860
label: Previous owner
content: Augustus H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers (Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers), Non-Indian, 1827-1900
label: Previous owner
content: James Economos, Non-Indian, 1938-2019
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1832 or 1833 by General Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793-1877, an Argentine military leader and politician); given or sold to Sir John Hobart Caradoc (1799-1873, 2nd Baron of Howden), probably between 1847 and 1850 when Lord Howden was appointed minister to Rio de Janeiro and undertook missions to Argentina and Paraguay; acquired by Baron Albert Denison (Albert Denison Conyngham, first Baron Londesborough, 1805-1860) at an unknown date; sold at auction in London following Baron Denison's death and acquired by Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900, founder of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University, Oxford, England); maintained in Pitt-Rivers' personal collection and private museum; acquired by art dealer James Economos (1938-2019) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI through an exchange with James Economos in 1972.
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place: label: Place
content: Patagonia; Argentina
label: Geographical Areas
content: Patagonia
setName: label: See related items
content: Tehuelche
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/7495
label: Barcode
content: 247495.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Body armor
label: Media/Materials
content: Horse hide/skin, paint
label: Techniques
content: Stitched, painted