Gun Case
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot / Blackfeet)
Cree
Northern Plains
Plains
abbout 1890
Native-tanned hide, glass beads, wool cloth; clay wash (possibly), thread
Overall: 42 1/2 in. (108 cm)
Overall: 37 3/8 in. (95 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26569
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament: Accessory
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Course History
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2013
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2013
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2014
NAS 38, HIST 38, American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, American Indians, and the New Nation, Colin Calloway, Winter 2014
NAS 15, HIST 15, American Indians and American Expansion: 1800 to 1924, Colin Calloway, Spring 2014
NAS 38/HIST 38.02, Lewis and Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2021
NAS 38/HIST 38.02, Lewis and Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway 1, Summer 2021
NAS 38.01, Lewis & Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2021
NAS 38.01, Lewis & Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2021
NAS 38.01, Lewis & Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2021
NAS 15.01/HIST 15.01, American Indian and Expansion: 1800-1924, Colin Calloway, Spring 2022
NAIS 38.01/HIST 38.02, Lewis & Clark in Indian Country, Colin Calloway, Summer 2022
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
Publication History
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.70, no.102.
Provenance
Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
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