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Datec. 1870
DimensionsOverall: 19 1/2 × 20 in. (49.5 × 50.8 cm)
Object numberT0065
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.

"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Canada; William E. Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York
BibliographyFurst, Peter T. and Jill L. Furst. North American Indian Art. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1982, p.179, pl.167, William Channing.

Johnson, Harmer. Guide to the Arts of the Ameicas. New York: Rizzoli, 1992, p.189, fig.A.

Vincent, Gilbert T. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." The Magazine Antiques. Vol CXLVIII, no. 1, (July 1995): p.69, pl.XIII.

Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.38.

MacDowell, Marsha L. and C. Kurt Dewhurst. To Honoe and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press in association with Michigan State University Museum, 1997, p.89 and p.197 [image of the quilt that was inspired by the shirt].

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.176.

Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Pairs: Somogy editions d'Art, 1999, p. 66, fig. 52.

Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 56-57, 59.

Berlo, Janet, and Ruth Phillips. Native North American Art. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. First edition 1998, p. 137, fig. 4.9.

Murdock, Michelle, ed. 50 at 20: Masterpieces of American Indian Art from the Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2015, p. 14.

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. 194.
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Shirt
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c. 1890
Bag
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c. 1880
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c. 1885
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c. 1800
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c. 1895
Pouch
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c. 1845
Saddle
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1890-1910
Bag
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c. 1790
Navelstring Charm
Kiowa
1870-1875
Nancy Couch
Henry Walton
1836

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