Object Details
Culture/People
Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
Previous owner
Chief Rain In The Face (Iromagaja/Ito-na-gaju/Ite-Mahazhu/I-Te-Amaghazhu/Exa-ma-gozua), Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux), ca. 1835-1905
Collector
De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
Previous owner
De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
Donor
De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
Collection History
Formerly owned by Chief Rain in the Face (Hunkpapa Lakota, ca. 1835-1905) and purchased from him by De Cost Smith (1864-1939, a Western painter) between 1884 and 1885; bequeathed to MAI by De Cost Smith.
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Catalog Number
20/1419
Barcode
201419.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Object Name
Headdress
Media/Materials
Hide, eagle feather/feathers, porcupine quills
Techniques
Quilled (lane stitched)
Dimensions
28 x 15 x 70 cm
Place
Standing Rock Reservation; Sioux County; North Dakota; USA
See related items
Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_215114