Medicine Man's Dancing Cape Item Number: E20900-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "LOAN: R. H. LOWIE MUSEUM, 12/31/64. LOAN RETURNED FEB 15 1966." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "DANCING CAPE.---MADE OF A SINGLE PIECE OF BUCKSKIN AND STAMPED WITH BLACK AND RED PAINT. THE HEAD IS ADMITTED THROUGH THE OPENING AND THE CAPE IS SUSPENDED FROM THE SHOULDERS. ATTACHED IS A FRINGE OF BUCKSKIN. INDIANS OF SITKA, ALASKA, 1876. 20,900. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. WORN BY MEDICINE MAN."List in accession file does not identify either a culture or locality for this object. Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Sitka, though that might be the place of purchase?
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Medicine Man's Dancing Cape
- Identification Number
- E20900-0
- Type of Item
- cape
Who
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730