Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles Erie Locke (1850-1919, a theatre and opera producer and later a New York City businessman); purchased by George Heye from Charles E. Locke in 1908.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Dakota (Eastern Sioux) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Charles E. Locke (Charles Erie Locke/C.E. Locke), Non-Indian, 1850-1919
- Seller
- Charles E. Locke (Charles Erie Locke/C.E. Locke), Non-Indian, 1850-1919
- Object Name
- Saddle blanket
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, ribbon, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork
- Object Type
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
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