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Unknown Maker, Santee

Child's Jacket

Maker

Culture

Santee, Native North American

Title

Child's Jacket

Year

1860/1865

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Dr. Schrade Radtke

Object Number

1988.112.10

Type

Costume

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures

Oct 05, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019

Label copy

The Innu (Naskapi) shirt, replete with subtle mends, was painted by a female artist in collaboration with a hunter engaged in the holy task of pursuing caribou. The coat’s designs, reflecting the hunter’s dreams, symbolize reciprocity between humans and animals. The silhouettes of both the coat and the Eastern Dakota child’s jacket reflect how European presence was integrated and remixed to create new indigenous expressions. [See also 44.593].

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Santee

Child's Jacket, 1860/1865

Elk hide with glass-bead embellishment; mended

Gift of the Estate of Dr. Schrade Radtke 1988.112.10

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