Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from James W. Benham (1866-1914, owner of the Benham Indian Trading Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico) in 1904.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- James W. Benham (J.W. Benham), Non-Indian, 1866-1914
- Seller
- James W. Benham (J.W. Benham), Non-Indian, 1866-1914
- Date created
- circa 1880
- Object Name
- Robe with attached umbilical amulet, possibly used as a baby carrier
- Media/Materials
- Hide, porcupine quills, dye/dyes, glass bead/beads, brass bell/bells, sinew
- Techniques
- Quilled (lane stitched), lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Dimensions
- 99 x 96.5 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
