Breastplate
date: label: Date created
content: 1880-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: Collector
content: Charles Herbert Townsend (Little Man on the Big Horse), Non-Indian, 1871-1956
label: Previous owner
content: John Walter Townsend, Non-Indian, 1907-1987
label: Previous owner
content: Petrus Enoch Townsend, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Petrus Enoch Townsend, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Burt Townsend, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Lawrence Edward Townsend, Non-Indian, 1934-1984
label: Donor
content: Mary Townsend Wallace, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Paul W. Townsend, Non-Indian, 1937-1996
label: Honoree
content: Charles Herbert Townsend (Little Man on the Big Horse), Non-Indian, 1871-1956
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in the early 1900s by Charles Herbert Townsend (1871-1956), who was called "Little Man on a Big Horse" by local Native people; inherited by his son John Walter Townsend (1907-1987) and subsequently by John Townsend's son Petrus Enoch Townsend; donated to NMAI in 2002 in memory of Charles Herbert Townsend, the "Little Man on a Big Horse," by his grandchildren: Petrus Enoch Townsend, Lawrence Edward Townsend (1934-1984), Mary Townsend Wallace, Paul W. Townsend (1937-1996), and Burt Townsend.
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: Pine Ridge Reservation; Jackson County, Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/9607
label: Barcode
content: 259607.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Breastplate
label: Media/Materials
content: Cowrie shell/shells, glass bead/beads, hide, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Strung, stitched
label: Dimensions
content: 59.5 x 15 cm