Saddle blanket
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux) (attributed)
label: Previous seller
content: Hyde Exploring Expedition (Trading Company), 1899-1903
label: Seller
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
label: Previous owner
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1890; acquired by the Hyde Exploring Expedition (a trading company operating stores in New Mexico and New York City) at an unknown date; acquired from the Hyde Exploring Expedition by Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (1877-1952, a noted collector of books and Indian arts and founder of Northwest Airlines) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from L.H. Brittin in 1906.
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place: label: Place
content: South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8530
label: Barcode
content: 008530.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Saddle blanket
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, glass bead/beads, brass bell/bells, wool twill tape, sinew, cotton thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, fringed
label: Dimensions
content: 184.00 x 64.00 cm