Robe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Mar 1893
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. A. S. Gatschet
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PAINTED. OF COWSKIN." STYLIZED FIGURATIVE, ETC. DECORATION.
label: Notes
content: Pictographic drawings of animals and celestial objects with a geometric central figure and border painted on hide.
label: Notes
content: The painted design on this cowhide is illustrated and analyzed in detail in Nagy, Imre, "The Cosmic Turtle: A Unique Representation of Cheyenne Cosmological Beliefs", pp. 86-95 in Feest, Christian F. 2001. Studies in American Indian art: a memorial tribute to Norman Feder. Altenstadt, Germany: European Review of Native American Studies. It is also analyzed in Cowdrey, Mike, 2003. "The Turtle Hangs Before: Celestial Templates in Cheyenne Cosmology." European Review of Native American Studies 17(2): 1-10.
label: Notes
content: Gatschet spent time with the Cheyenne and Arapaho in April 1893, engaged in linguistic work. MS 61 in the National Anthropological Archives identifies his primary consultants. Nagy discusses the symbolism of the painting on this hide and Cowdrey argues that it was part of a cover for a sweat lodge.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, North Canadian River, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cheyenne (Tsitsistas, Suhtai), Southern
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026843
label: USNM Number
content: E166553-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hide Painting
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 183 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 244 cm