Painted Buffalo Robe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 May 1942
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. William Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CEREMONIALLY PAINTED ROBE OF DRESSED BUFFALO HIDE. PRESUMABLY COMANCHE? ORIGINALLY COLLECTED FROM ONE OF THE PLAINS TRIBES WHERE IT HAD BEEN CEREMONIALLY USED. THE PAINTED DESIGN IS IN RED, BROWN, AND GREEN, AND REPRESENTS A CONVENTIONALIZED PRAYER MOTIF OF THE BUFFALO. ON LOAN AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NAT. HISTORY SINCE APRIL, 1923 TO DATE OF GIFT (TO S.I.)." BORDER AND BOX DESIGN (JOHN C. EWERS, PLAINS INDIAN PAINTING, 1939, PP. 9 - 10 & PL. 43).
label: Notes
content: Geometric design of border and box type painted on a buffalo robe.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Comanche (Numunuu) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 162811
label: USNM Number
content: E382483-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Buffalo Robe