Object Details
- Collection History
- Probably collected by George H. Bingenheimer (1861-1920, businessman and Indian Agent for the Standing Rock Reservation from 1898 to 1903); purchased by MAI in 1923 from his widow Margaret Bingenheimer (1865-1965)
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Possible collector
- George H. Bingenheimer, Non-Indian, 1861-1920
- Previous owner
- George H. Bingenheimer, Non-Indian, 1861-1920
- Margaret Bingenheimer (Margaret G. Bowers/Mrs. George H. Bingenheimer), Non-Indian, 1865-1965
- Seller
- Margaret Bingenheimer (Margaret G. Bowers/Mrs. George H. Bingenheimer), Non-Indian, 1865-1965
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Object Name
- Baby's cap
- Media/Materials
- Hide, cotton cloth, porcupine quills, aniline dye/dyes, satin ribbon, sinew, cotton thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, quilled (lane stitched), lined
- Dimensions
- 22 x 15 x 5 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
