Jacket
Nimi'puu (Nez Perce)
Plateau
about 1875
Native tanned and smoked hide, wool cloth, ribbon, cotton binding tape, glass beads, brass buttons, metal sequins, metal thread, thread
Overall: 31 1/8 × 21 1/4 × 61 13/16 in. (79 × 54 × 157 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. William M. Leeds
13.137.4094A
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plateau
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marks: "151715" in ink. Paper tag "1035" (this is the RED #)
Course History
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2013
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2013
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2014
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2014
NAS 15, HIST 15, American Indians and American Expansion: 1800 to 1924, Colin Calloway, Spring 2014
NAS 38/HIST 38.02, Lewis and Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2021
NAS 38/HIST 38.02, Lewis and Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway 1, Summer 2021
NAS 38.01, Lewis & Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2021
NAS 38.01, Lewis & Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2021
NAS 38.01, Lewis & Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2021
NAS 15.01/HIST 15.01, American Indian and Expansion: 1800-1924, Colin Calloway, Spring 2022
NAIS 38.01/HIST 38.02, Lewis & Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2022
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Survival/Art/History: American Indian Collections from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 18, 2000-April 7, 2002.
Provenance
Probably acquired by William M. Leeds (1829-1886) during his time working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, about 1876-1879; to his wife, Catharine G. Lockwood Leeds (1825-1913), New York; given to present collection, about 1879-1888; catalogued, 1913.
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