Culture/People:

probably Plains Cree (Prairie Cree) (attributed); owned and used by the Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee)  Search this

Previous owner:

Jean Mary Isbister (Jean Mary Cowan/Mrs. Leonard George West/Mrs. Robert Clive Isbister), Non-Indian, 1912-1998  Search this

Constance Cowan (Mrs. Cecil M. Cowan/Constance Elizabeth Allport/Mrs. Cecil G. Cowan), Non-Indian, 1881-1963  Search this

Donor:

Constance Cowan (Mrs. Cecil M. Cowan/Constance Elizabeth Allport/Mrs. Cecil G. Cowan), Non-Indian, 1881-1963  Search this

Object Name:

Pad saddle

Media/Materials:

Hide, wool cloth, glass bead/beads, deer hair, cotton cloth, silk ribbon, hide thong/babiche, metal buckle, sinew, thread, rawhide

Techniques:

Sewn, overlay beadwork, stuffed

Dimensions:

46.00 x 42.00 x 5.00 cm

Object Type:

Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry

Place:

Tsuu T'in Reserve (Sarcee Reserve); Alberta; Canada (inferred)

Date created:

circa 1895

Collection History:

Given to Jean Mary Cowan (Mrs. Leonard West/Mrs. Robert Isbister, 1912-1998) in 1916 or 1917 by Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee) friends from a reserve near the ranch where she lived with her parents, Cecil M. Cowan and Constance Cowan (1881-1963); kept by the Cowan family until 1943, when it was donated to MAI by Mrs. Cowan.

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Catalog Number:

20/6221

Barcode:

206221.000

See related items:

Plains Cree (Prairie Cree)

Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee)

Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c26bf080-7602-4d1a-a16b-5d3927b79c54

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_220303