Collection Highlights
The Dead at Gettysburg
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Medium:
Photograph
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An Omaha Robe (Facsimile)
Object Number:
1872.23.195
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 195. / An Omaha Robe. (fac-simile)"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: Catlin's reproduction of the markings on an Omaha tribe member's buffalo skin robe; this robe is completely covered with geometric patterns and starbursts apparently woven from porcupine quills (quillwork) and accented with tassles
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
