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"Apsáalooke Warrior's Exploit Robe"
Entitled by the NMAI as "Apsáalooke Warrior's Exploit Robe."
Made out of buffalo hide, this robe (one of only two in the U.S.) chronicles the military life of a warrior from the Apsáalooke (Crow) tribe. Everything on this robe tells a story, from the built-in timeline woven along the middle to painting imagery of battles. Completed around 1850 and bought by a wealthy New Yorker from a Blackfoot (an enemy tribe) in 1861 at Fort Benton, Montana.
Part of the Infinity of Nations, a permanent exhibition in the museum.
"Apsáalooke Warrior's Exploit Robe"
Entitled by the NMAI as "Apsáalooke Warrior's Exploit Robe."
Made out of buffalo hide, this robe (one of only two in the U.S.) chronicles the military life of a warrior from the Apsáalooke (Crow) tribe. Everything on this robe tells a story, from the built-in timeline woven along the middle to painting imagery of battles. Completed around 1850 and bought by a wealthy New Yorker from a Blackfoot (an enemy tribe) in 1861 at Fort Benton, Montana.
Part of the Infinity of Nations, a permanent exhibition in the museum.