Headdress
name: label: Culture/People
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Crazy Horse (Tashunca-uitco/Ta-Sunko-Witko), Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), 1849-1877
label: Collector
content: General Nelson A. Miles (Nelson Appleton Miles), Non-Indian, 1839-1925
label: Previous owner
content: Earl Horter, Non-Indian, 1881-1940
label: Previous owner
content: Walter S. Chattin (Walter Spence Chattin), Non-Indian, 1874-ca. 1948
label: Previous owner
content: George G. Freen, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: James Economos, Non-Indian, 1938-2019
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have belonged to Crazy Horse (Oglala Lakota, 1849-1877) and purportedly taken from him by General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925) during Crazy Horse's surrender in 1877; acquired by Earl Horter (1881-1940, an artist and Native art collector) at an unknown date; purchased by antique dealer Walter S. Chattin (1874-ca. 1948) from Earl Horter in 1940; subsequently acquired by George G. Freen; acquired by MAI through an exchange with art dealer James Economos (1938-2019) in 1972.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/7450
label: Barcode
content: 247450.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Headdress
label: Media/Materials
content: Eagle feather/feathers, wool cloth, satin ribbon, glass bead/beads, wool yarn, horsehair
label: Techniques
content: Stitched, wrapped, lazy/lane stitch beadwork