Man's Coat
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The horses on this European-style garment are beaded to represent the mixed coloration of Pintos, Blue Roans, and Chestnuts. Although the imagery is in keeping with earlier pictographic depictions of men’s specific deeds in war, here the warriors and their horses are generally featured on parade. This intercultural garment may have been created for sale to a non-Indian or produced for a Native American, perhaps a member of a Wild West show.
Artwork Details
- Title: Man's Coat
- Date: ca. 1920
- Geography: United States, North or South Dakota
- Culture: Lakota (Teton Sioux)
- Medium: Native tanned leather, glass beads, pigment
- Dimensions: 19 1/2 × 30 in. (49.5 × 76.2 cm)
- Classifications: Hide-Costumes, Beads-Containers
- Credit Line: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming (NA.202.193)
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing