Painted buffalo hide, (also worked with quills), Piegan Indians
Summary
View of a painted and quill-worked buffalo hide created by Native Americans of the Piegan (Blackfoot) tribe, specimen no. IV-B 201, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin. It depicts arrow shapes lined up in columns and separated by a strip of quill work in the middle.
Date
[1900-1920?]
Notes
Formerly F5503.; Title and "...collected by Prince Maximilian of Wied, Upper Missouri, 1844, specimen no. IV-B 201, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin" hand-written on back of print.; R7100311127
Physical Description
1 copy negative ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Leather painting--1900-1920.; Piegan Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.
Source
Source: Fred Douglas
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
