Object Details
Culture/People
Sahnish (Arikara)
Artist/Maker
Lauren Good Day Giago (Lauren Good Day Frank/Good Day Woman), Sahnish (Arikara)/Minitari (Hidatsa)/Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)/Plains Cree (Prairie Cree), b. 1987
Seller
Lauren Good Day (Good Day Woman/Lauren Good Day Frank/Lauren Good Day Giago), Sahnish (Arikara)/Minitari (Hidatsa)/Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)/Plains Cree (Prairie Cree), b. 1987
Presenter/funding source
R. Devon Hutchins Contemporary Art Fund
Subject
Emory Good Bird, Sr. (Blue Bird/Emery Good Bird), Minitari (Hidatsa), 1929-2007
Collection History
NMAI purchase from the artist in 2012; purchase supported by the R. Devon Hutchins Memorial Contemporary Art Fund.
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Date created
2012
Catalog Number
26/8817
Barcode
268817.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments
Title
A Warrior's Story, Honoring Grandpa Blue Bird
Object Name
Woman's dress depicting events in the life of Emory Good Bird, Sr. (Blue Bird), Minitari (Hidatsa), 1929-2007
Media/Materials
Muslin, wool cloth, brass bell/bells, sequins, satin ribbon, paint, cotton thread, imitation sinew
Techniques
Sewn, painted
Dimensions
151.0 x 141.6 x 2.5 cm
Place
Bismarck; Burleigh County; North Dakota; USA
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On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Unbound, From Past to Present
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_402315