Dress, chief's

Description

Glove, part of a chief's costume of buckskin with painted decoration and quill embroidery, associated with Chief Wanatak: North America, Plains, Sioux

Museum reference

A.1942.1 E

Collection

Americas

Object name

Dress, chief's, Glove

Production information

North America

Date

Early 19th century

Style / Culture

Sioux
Athapaskan

Materials

Buckskin, Quill

Physical description

Buckskin; painted decoration and quill embroidery

Associations

Original recipient of costume: Kelso Museum
Previous owner: Wanatak, 1837 (d.)

References

Johnson, M.G. and Taylor, C.F., Early Warrior Costume of the Sioux and Blackfeet, English Westerners Society, London, 1983

Idiens, Dale, A catalogue of Northern Athapaskan Indian artefacts in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Art and Archaeology 3, March 1979