Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Shawl fragment
Object Number:
1973.51j
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 65 1/2 x 64 1/2 in. ( 166.4 x 163.8 cm )
Description:
Handwoven wool harlequin paisley shawl in red, blue, and green with white and yellow embroidered accents; disc and sunburst in the center with plant, root and elongated boteh design radiating out, the outer border consists of interlaced boteh, multicolored fringe on the warp ends, selveged edges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
