Culture/People:

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Artist/Maker:

attributed to James White Calf, Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana], ca. 1860-1969  Search this

Subject:

Mountain Chief (Nin-Na-Stoko/Ninastoko/Big Brave/Ni-ne st-ar-ko), Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan), 1848-1942  Search this

Collector:

Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957  Search this

Previous owner:

Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957  Search this

Seller:

Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957  Search this

Object Name:

Robe depicted events in the life of Mountain Chief (1848-1942)

Media/Materials:

Elk hide/skin, paint

Techniques:

Painted

Dimensions:

173.00 x 155.00 x 5.50 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)

Place:

Montana; USA

Date created:

circa 1925

Collection History:

Collected by Christian F. Schuster (1868-1957, a collector and amateur archaeologist in Holyoke, Massachusetts) when he lived with the Blackfeet in the 1920s; purchased by MAI from Christian Schuster in 1953.

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Catalog Number:

22/1878

Barcode:

221878.000

See related items:

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)

Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63d40c30a-0b86-49ad-8dd8-45f1a64ab2d5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_236803