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Culture/People:
Walla Walla (Wallawalla)  Search this
Previous owner:
William Webber, Non-Indian  Search this
The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton)  Search this
Seller:
The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton)  Search this
Seller agent:
Dr. William L. Gannon (William Louis Gannon), Non-Indian, 1919-1985  Search this
Object Name:
Martingale
Media/Materials:
Wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, brass bell/bells, hide thong/babiche, thread
Techniques:
Sewn, overlay beadwork
Dimensions:
140 x 64.5 cm
Object Type:
Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
Place:
Washington; USA
Date created:
circa 1890
Collection History:
Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected from a Walla Walla woman circa 1900; formerly in the collection of William Webber of Pasco, Washington; purchased by MAI in 1965 from The Museum Shop, a book and antique shop in Mabton, Washington, owned by William L. Gannon (1919-1985).
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Catalog Number:
23/5008
Barcode:
235008.000
See related items:
Walla Walla (Wallawalla)
Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws645267503-5008-47e3-a2fe-7a505fc3493c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_250377