Horse mask
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Edward Borein, Non-Indian, 1873-1945
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward Borein (1873-1945, a Western artist and collector); acquired by MAI through an exchange with Edward Borein in 1922.
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- Date created
- circa 1860
- Catalog Number
- 11/4898
- Barcode
- 114898.000
- Object Type
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
- Object Name
- Horse mask
- Media/Materials
- Buffalo hide/skin, buffalo horn, eagle feather/feathers (golden eagle), grouse feather/feathers, hide thong/babiche, thread, sinew, paint
- Techniques
- Cut, cutout, wrapped, tied, painted
- Dimensions
- 44.00 x 55.00 cm
- Place
- North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_123993
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e8564e8d-9404-4808-a970-6aed20bf6245
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