breastplate, unrecorded Lakota artist

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unrecorded Lakota artist, breastplate
unrecorded Lakota artist, breastplate
unrecorded Lakota artist
breastplate
1861–1889
unrecorded Lakota artist, artist
breastplate, 1861–1889
Where object was made: Fort Yates, Dakota Territory (present-day North Dakota), United States
Material/technique: quills; metal; buckskin; rawhide; feathers; dyeing; horse hair; beads; pigment
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 48 x 24 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 18 7/8 x 9 7/16 in
Credit line: Gift of H. Greissinger
Accession number: 2007.2031
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
"Beaded Heritage,” Mar-2010, Robin Bang
Breastplates crafted with porcupine quills were worn as adornment. The straight lines created through quill embroidery may have influenced the “lazy stitch” techniques utilized in Sioux beadwork.