Object Details
Culture/People
Northern Inunaina (Arapaho)
Collector
Thomas S. Twiss (Thomas S. Triss), Non-Indian, ca. 1802-1871
Previous owner
Thomas S. Twiss (Thomas S. Triss), Non-Indian, ca. 1802-1871
Daisy M. Barnett, Non-Indian, 1874-1937
Seller
Daisy M. Barnett, Non-Indian, 1874-1937
Presenter/funding source
Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
Collection History
Collected between 1855 and 1871 at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, by Thomas S. Twiss (ca. 1802-1871, U.S. Indian agent for the upper Platte River); acquired by Daisy M. Barnett (1874-1937) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Daisy Barnett in 1918 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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Date created
circa 1850
Catalog Number
8/8019
Barcode
088019.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments
Object Name
Man's shirt
Media/Materials
Hide, sinew, wool cloth, porcupine quills, hair, glass bead/beads, paint
Techniques
Sewn, quilled (lane stitched), painted, tied, wrapped, quill-wrapped (flat)
Dimensions
153.00 x 106.50 x 6.00 cm
Place
Fort Laramie; Fort Laramie; Goshen County; Wyoming; USA
See related items
Northern Inunaina (Arapaho)
Clothing/Garments
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_95111