A Native American (Sioux) saddle blanket, made from white canvas and buckskin. It is decorated with red, blue, yellow, green, bronze and white faceted Italian glass beadwork and faceted brass beads; all of the beadwork is attached with lazy stitching. Fringe is on the front and back edges, and there is a strip of calico blue binding on one side edge. The images in the beadwork are of triangles and crosses.
Date
[between 1880 and 1910]
Notes
Accession ID: E.1800; History Colorado.; Curatorial note supplied by History Colorado: "During the January 1998 NAGPRA Sioux consultation, Zona Loans Arrow (Standing Rock Sioux) indicated that this item might be Rosebud."; Object ID: E.1800.12; Scanned image from loaned transparency including Object ID.; Title supplied.; R7200200351
Physical Description
1 saddle blanket : canvas and buckskin ; 107 x 67 cm. (42 x 26 1/2 in.)
