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Datec. 1890
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 6 3/4 in. (25.4 × 17.1 cm)
Object numberT0324
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
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, Calfironia; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyButterfield & Butterfield. March 18, 1988, lot 4533.

Athineos, Doris. "Tribal Art Law." Antique Monthly (November 1993): 28.

Battle, Megan and Robert Mottley. "Old Glory: An Indian View." Colonial Homes, (December 1993): 42-45.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.108.

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. 119.
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Pouch
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c. 1875
Pouch
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1850-1900
Cradle Panel
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c. 1800-1825
Pants
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c. 1870
Bags
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1880
Leggings
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1890
Possible Bag
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1870
Blanket Strip
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
1890-1910
Pipe
Dakota (Santee Sioux)
c. 1820
Ball-headed Club
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1815 ca.
Pipe Bowl
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c. 1897
Moccasins
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1840

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