America, Native North American, Central Plains, Lakota Sioux, 19th century, Hide Shirt (c. 1890)

Engesle textThis powder bag; 1860-1870Hide, wool, glass, cow horn, wood; bag: h. 20.5 cm., w. 18 cm.\nRMV 710-7; Herman Ten Kate collection; purchased from Niagara Falls trader, 18...

Man's outfit; Plains Cree; 1840-1850Hide, porcupine quills, beaver toes, sinew, pigments; l. of shirt at front, 105 cm; l. of inside leggings, 115 cm.‖RMV 524-2 and 3; purchased fr...

Breechcloth; probably Yanktonai; 1860-1870Wool, porcupine quills, sinew, metal, horsehair, pigments; 117.5 x 28.5 cm.\RMV 710-9; Herman F.C. ten Kate collection; purchased from tra...

The origin of the Arapahoes is in the western Great Lakes region, but they moved westward to the Plains. Increasingly, they owned horses and evolved into nomadic buffalo hunters. T...

Pipe bag; Lakota; ca. 1870-1880 \nHide, glass beads, porcupine quills, pigments; l. 40 cm. (incl. fringe); w. 13 cm.\nRMV 3158-9; purchased from art dealer Leendert Van Lier, Amste...

"(Western?) Apache moccasin; k(h)é (TK); buckskin, rawhide, sinew; h. 84 cm., l. (of sole) 28 cm., w. (of sole) 18 cm.; ca. 1880.‖ This is the most basic version of the classic thi...

"(Western?) Apache moccasins for a doll; buckskin, sinew, glass beads; l. (of sole) 5 cm., h. 9 cm., w. 2.5 cm.; ca. 1880.\These beaded miniature high-top moccasins with toe tabs a...

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES: production and decoration The wealth of the Plains consisted of the immense bison herds. The bison didn't just provide food. The hide of this animal was u...