Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1911 from artist and artifact dealer William Downing Webster (1868-1913, of London, England); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1912.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
- Previous seller
- William Downing Webster (W. D. Webster), Non-Indian, 1868-1913
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Object Name
- Saddle bag
- Media/Materials
- Hide, wool cloth, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, fringed
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
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