Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Pat Ryan (Patsy “Short Horse” Ryan, 1858-1910), an Indian artifact dealer in Omaha, Nebraska; purchased by George Heye from Pat Ryan in 1906.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Seller
- Pat Ryan (Patsy “Short Horse” Ryan/P. Ryan), Non-Indian, 1858-1910
- Previous owner
- Pat Ryan (Patsy “Short Horse” Ryan/P. Ryan), Non-Indian, 1858-1910
- Object Name
- Saddle blanket
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, ribbon, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, embroidered
- Object Type
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
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