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Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994 - May 2, 1995.
"The Flag in American Indian Art," New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 30, 1997 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998; Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI. August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science. October 1998 - March 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. October 1999 - December 1999.
ProvenanceJames Waste, California; Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, California; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyFenichell, Jill Weitzman. "The Flag in American Indian Art." Antiques and the Arts Weekly, July, 23, 1993, p.73.
Butterfield & Butterfield. March 18, 1988, lot 4065.
Athineos, Doris. "Tribal Art Law" Antiques Monthly. (November 1993): 30.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.184.
Herbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1993, p. 89, pl. 85, fig. 10.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 205.
Culture
Plateau
Gauntlets
Date1890-1910
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 11 in. (18.4 × 27.9 cm)
Object numberT0400a-b
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextIn the 14th century the European aristocracy wore leather gauntlets as a part of their falconry kit. During this same period, armorers attached small metal plates to gauntlets to improve protection for a knight’s suit of amour. In later centuries, military officers, especially mounted commanders, wore leather gauntlets. French military officials brought gauntlets to North America in the 17th century, and by the 1850s, the U.S. cavalry had adopted the style. Native Americans living in the Plains and Plateau regions started to wear gauntlets in the later 19th century as a part of their formal equestrian dress.Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994 - May 2, 1995.
"The Flag in American Indian Art," New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 30, 1997 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998; Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI. August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science. October 1998 - March 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. October 1999 - December 1999.
ProvenanceJames Waste, California; Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, California; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyFenichell, Jill Weitzman. "The Flag in American Indian Art." Antiques and the Arts Weekly, July, 23, 1993, p.73.
Butterfield & Butterfield. March 18, 1988, lot 4065.
Athineos, Doris. "Tribal Art Law" Antiques Monthly. (November 1993): 30.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.184.
Herbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1993, p. 89, pl. 85, fig. 10.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 205.
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