Headdress
name: label: Culture/People
content: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska/Sinte-galeshka/Cin-te-gi-le-ska/Tshin-Tah-Ge-Las-Kah), Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux), 1823-1881
label: Collector
content: Brigadier General Charles G. Sawtelle, Non-Indian, 1834-1913
label: Previous owner
content: Brigadier General Charles G. Sawtelle, Non-Indian, 1834-1913
label: Previous owner
content: Captain Edmund Munroe Sawtelle, Non-Indian, 1891-1947
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Chief Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska, Sicangu Lakota, 1823-1881); acquired from him by Charles G. Sawtelle (1834-1913, then a second lieutenant in the US Army's 6th Infantry and later a brigadier general) shortly after Spotted Tail surrendered at Fort Laramie in 1855; purchased by MAI from General Sawtelle's son Captain Edmund Munroe Sawtelle (1891-1947) in 1930.
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 (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé 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: 17/6693
label: Barcode
content: 176693.000
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, cotton cloth, horn, metal bell/bells, twine/string
label: Techniques
content: Stitched, wrapped