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    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

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    Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
    Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65b53ad16-9bb1-4af2-b5e7-f6efc05feb89

    Record ID

    NMAI_215114

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