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Unknown Maker, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Pair of Gloves

Maker

Unknown Maker, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Culture

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), Native North American

Title

Pair of Gloves

Year

before 1944

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

43.2 cm (17 inches) (length)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.109

Type

Exhibition History

Being and Believing in the Natural World
Perspectives from the Ancient Mediterranean, Asia, and Indigenous North America
Oct 22, 2022 – Jun 04, 2023

Label copy

Tipi bags were used by some Plains Native American tribes to transport belongings between camps. This bag is adorned with glass beadwork, tin cones, and horsehair. Horses are culturally important for many tribes, and continue to be essential in hunting and ranching. Horsehair is often used for adornment.

These gauntlet-style gloves are decorated with porcupine quills and glass beads. Leather gloves with extended cuffs were worn by men in the US military and adopted by Plains, Plateau, and Great Basin Native Americans. Many tribes practice quillwork. This Cheyenne artist quilled a floral design, perhaps inspired by the plants that surrounded them.

—SB

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Unknown Maker, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Pair of Gloves, before 1944
Leather, porcupine quills, and glass beads
43.2 cm (17 inches) (length)
Museum Works of Art Fund 43.109

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