Culture/People:

Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Previous owner:

Little Wolf, Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973  Search this

Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-  Search this

Collector:

David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973  Search this

Object Name:

Headdress

Media/Materials:

Buffalo hide/skin, wool cloth, buffalo horn, ribbon, glass bead/beads

Techniques:

Lazy/lane stitch beadwork

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Place:

Oklahoma; USA

Collection History:

Formerly owned by Little Wolf (Southern Cheyenne); collected from him by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.

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Catalog Number:

24/2660

Barcode:

242660.000

See related items:

Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69995ab80-9873-45d9-87ef-28f050810e52

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_258457