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Artist (Chickasaw / Choctaw, born 1943)

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NameOutfit
Date2009
Mediumgoose feather cape with squirrel tails, imitation eagle claw, shells ; dyed and handwoven flax kilt with squirrel tails, sheep fur ; imitation eagle claw
DimensionsCape: 23 × 28 × 3 in. (58.4 × 71.1 × 7.6 cm) Kilt: 50 × 23 × 3 in. (127 × 58.4 × 7.6 cm) Claw: 2 × 1 × 1/4 in. (5.1 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsClothing
Credit Line2009 Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market and Festival Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award
Object number2009.6.1
Spiked Ermine Tail Clutch
Elias Jade Not Afraid
March 2022
Headdress
Unrecorded artist from a tribal nation of the Northern Plains region
1900-1930
Headdress
Unrecorded artist from a tribal nation of the Northern Plains region
1920-1940
Fan
Unrecorded Comanche artist
1965-1985
Headdress
Unrecorded Blackfeet artist
1875-1895
Necklace
1875-1895
Savage Apparel
Tanis S'eiltin
2004
Outfit
Unrecorded Osage artist
1880-1930
Dress
Unrecorded Nez Perce artist
1885-1915
Feather Canoe
Truman Lowe
1993

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