Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Chief Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska, Sicangu Lakota, 1823-1881); acquired from him by Charles G. Sawtelle (1834-1913, then a second lieutenant in the US Army's 6th Infantry and later a brigadier general) shortly after Spotted Tail surrendered at Fort Laramie in 1855; purchased by MAI from General Sawtelle's son Captain Edmund Munroe Sawtelle (1891-1947) in 1930.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Chief Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska/Sinte-galeshka/Cin-te-gi-le-ska/Tshin-Tah-Ge-Las-Kah), Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux), 1823-1881
- Collector
- Brigadier General Charles G. Sawtelle, Non-Indian, 1834-1913
- Previous owner
- Brigadier General Charles G. Sawtelle, Non-Indian, 1834-1913
- Captain Edmund Munroe Sawtelle, Non-Indian, 1891-1947
- Object Name
- Headdress
- Media/Materials
- Eagle feather/feathers, wool cloth, cotton cloth, horn, metal bell/bells, twine/string
- Techniques
- Stitched, wrapped
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
