Culture/People:

Iowa  Search this

Previous owner:

Ben Holloway (Ben Hallaway/Benjamin Hallaway), Iowa  Search this

Collector:

Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923  Search this

Leo Walker, Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this

Object Name:

Man's breechcloth

Media/Materials:

Wool cloth, glass bead/beads, thread

Techniques:

Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork

Dimensions:

68 x 50.5 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments

Place:

Oklahoma; USA

Collection History:

Collected from Ben Holloway (Iowa) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and expedition interpreter Leo Walker (Sac and Fox), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

2/7462

Barcode:

027462.000

See related items:

Iowa

Clothing/Garments

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6cae379a6-5198-45e3-b6be-d33455dc597e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_28855