Culture/People:

Apatohsipipiikani (Northern Piegan) [Piikani Reserve, Brocket, Alberta]  Search this

Collector:

Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960  Search this

Object Name:

Chest ornament/pectoral with mirror frame

Media/Materials:

Coyote fur/skin, hide, wood, glass bead/beads, brass beads, brass tacks/bosses, paint, sinew, porcupine quills

Techniques:

Sewn, overlay beadwork, quill-wrapped (flat), fringed, carved, studded, painted

Dimensions:

59 x 22 cm

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Piikani Reserve (Peigan Reserve); Alberta; Canada

Date created:

circa 1860

Collection History:

Collected in 1926 by Donald A. Cadzow (1894-1960, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.

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Catalog Number:

14/9556

Barcode:

149556.000

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Apatohsipipiikani (Northern Piegan) [Piikani Reserve, Brocket, Alberta]

Adornment/Jewelry

On View:

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws603e7b1b1-bcf4-429c-a2e3-f9238cbc2786

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_159934