Object Details
Culture/People
Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
Possible owner
Norman Ewing (Maza Kinyan [Flying Iron]), Sioux, 1894-1968
Collector
Robert Orr Dankworth (Bob Dankworth), Non-Indian, 1880-1949
Previous owner
Robert Orr Dankworth (Bob Dankworth), Non-Indian, 1880-1949
Dorothy Dankworth Brandt (Mrs. Thomas Brandt), Non-Indian, 1912-1977
Thomas A. Brandt, Non-Indian, 1909-2005
Shirley Brandt (Mrs. Thomas A. Brandt), Non-Indian
Donor
Shirley Brandt (Mrs. Thomas A. Brandt), Non-Indian
Honoree
Thomas A. Brandt, Non-Indian, 1909-2005
Collection History
Probably acquired by Norman Ewing (Sioux, 1894-1968), formerly manager of the Sioux Indian Women's Arts and Crafts Club of Wagner, South Dakota, for his co-worker Robert Orr Dankworth (1880-1949) in 1935; inherited by Robert Dankworth's daughter Dorothy Dankworth Brandt (1912-1977) and subsequently by her husband Thomas A. Brandt (1909-2005); inherited by Thomas Brandt's second wife Shirley Brandt; donated to NMAI by Shirley Brandt in 2008 in memory of Thomas Brandt.
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Date created
1930-1935
Catalog Number
26/7173
Barcode
267173.000
Object Type
Furnishings (Home)
Object Name
Quilt
Media/Materials
Cotton cloth, thread
Techniques
Pieced, sewn, quilted
Dimensions
206.5 x 255.5 cm
Place
Wagner, Yankton Reservation; Charles Mix County; South Dakota; USA (inferred)
See related items
Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
Furnishings (Home)
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_394350