Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Big Knife; probably collected in 1929 by Donald A. Cadzow (1894-1960, MAI staff member 1916-1928, Pennsylvania Historical Commission staff member 1929-1956) during the Franklin Motor Expedition to the Canadian Prairies, sponsored by the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England); purchased by MAI from Donald Cadzow in 1958.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Siksika Blackfoot
- Previous owner
- Big Knife, Siksika Blackfoot
- Collector
- Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960
- Previous owner
- Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960
- Seller
- Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960
- Expedition
- Franklin Motor Expedition (1929)
- Expedition sponsor
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
- Object Name
- Saddle (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Hide, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Painted
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
