Boy's Vest
Dakota (Eastern Sioux), Eastern Plains, Central Plains, Plains
about 1880
Native-tanned hide, porcupine quills, dye, ink, sinew, thread
Overall: 15 3/8 × 14 15/16 in. (39 × 38 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26598
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Classification
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Exhibition History
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
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.
Publication History
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.73, no.131, ill., p.39.
Provenance
Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
Old Number
RAHR #:167
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