Buckskin Apron With Figures
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PAINTED IN RED AND BLACK, WITH PICTOGRAPHS OF THUNDERBIRDS AND A PIPE, AND LINEAR BORDER, BOTTOM & SIDES."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 176 in Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Object is described there as "Apron with spirit birds, early 1800's. The triangles connected with lines of power to the mouths of these birds symbolize a space where their hearts should be. This shows that they are mythological beings. "An animal without a heart is immortal and supernatural," according to a Lakota source. The meaning of this design is unknown. The object at top is a calumet pipe; the two birds are probably a swallow and an eagle. The style of the drawing is similar to that of eighteenth-century Mississippi Valley pictorial robes. Aprons like this were worn in dances and ceremonies."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E5435-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Apron