Beaded Leather Jacket, Western Style
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. George C. Ruhle
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. George C. Ruhle
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card for E419099A jacket and E419099B buttons: "Given to Dr. Ruhle by Mrs. Cecile Yellow Kidney, Piegan. She and her husband, Yellow Kidney, were members of the small group of Indians from the adjoining Blackfeet Reservation who entertained tourists at the big hotel at East Glacier during the summers. -jce [John C. Ewers] (B) Set of 9 elkhorn buttons to accompany it, (A). Note: During the 1940s Blackfoot Indians referred to this style of jacket as "western style" in contrast to an "Indian style" jacket which more closely resembled traditional Indian skin shirts. Both styles were then made by Blackfoot craftswomen. Two "Western style" jackets of the early '40s are pictured in Ewers, Blackfeet Crafts, Fig. 71."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Dec 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi), Piegan (Piikani)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 323955
label: USNM Number
content: E419099A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coat