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Datec. 1850
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 1 × 18 1/2 in. (17.8 × 2.5 × 47 cm) Overall (Mount Dimensions): 12 1/2 × 5 × 23 1/2 in. (31.8 × 12.7 × 59.7 cm)
Object numberT0281
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
ProvenanceLt. Col. Thomas Dyneley, Quebec, Canada; Dreweatts Fine Art Auctioneers, Newbury, Berkshire, England; William Guthman, Westport, Connecticut; Sherwoods, Spirit of America, Beverly Hills, California
BibliographyDreweatts Fine Art Auctioneers, Newbury, Berkshire. January 21, 1987, lot 291.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.47.

Lurie, Nancy Oestreich and Duane Anderson. "A Lost Art Form: Feathered Capes of the Great Lakes Region." The World of Tribal Arts. Autumn/Winter 2000 (Vol. VI, No.3): 83.

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. 40.
On View
On view
Pouch Panel
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1777
Knife Sheath
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1830
Spoon
Western Sioux type
c. 1890
Bag
Odawa or cultural relatives
c. 1790
Pouch
Lenape (Delaware)
1795-1820
Bag
Brule Sioux (Lakota)
1890-1910
Bags
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1880
Moccasins
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1820
Shirt
Blackfeet
c. 1870
Cradle Panel
Dakota (Santee Sioux)
c. 1800-1825
Moccasins
Seneca (Haudenosaunee)
c. 1830
Saddle
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
1890-1910

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