Robe depicted events in the life of Mountain Chief (1848-1942)
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1925
name: label: Culture/People
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: Artist/Maker
content: attributed to James White Calf, Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana], ca. 1860-1969
label: Subject
content: Mountain Chief (Nin-Na-Stoko/Ninastoko/Big Brave/Ni-ne st-ar-ko), Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan), 1848-1942
label: Collector
content: Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
label: Previous owner
content: Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
label: Seller
content: Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Christian F. Schuster (1868-1957, a collector and amateur archaeologist in Holyoke, Massachusetts) when he lived with the Blackfeet in the 1920s; purchased by MAI from Christian Schuster in 1953.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Unbound, From Past to Present
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/1878
label: Barcode
content: 221878.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Robe depicted events in the life of Mountain Chief (1848-1942)
label: Media/Materials
content: Elk hide/skin, paint
label: Techniques
content: Painted
label: Dimensions
content: 173.00 x 155.00 x 5.50 cm