Buffalo Calf Skin Robe Ornamented
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1868
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FIGURATIVE DECORATION.
label: Notes
content: A buffalo calf hide, painted on flesh side, depicting unmounted warrior in horned headdress armed with bow and arrow surrounded by mounted warriors and guns. 43" (109 cm). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Notes
content: This artifact is visible hanging in the upper right of photo copy negative # 90-7266, "Centennial Exposition, Indian Exhibits", 1876 photo of Smithsonian exhibit of American Indian and other artifacts in the United States Government Building at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; original in Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 61 Folder 5. See also https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_400408 .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Jul 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001317
label: USNM Number
content: E6974-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hide Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 114 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 126 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 3 cm