Description
Early Southern Plains Painted Buffalo Hide Robe, Likely Comanche
mid-19th century
tanned hide decorated with the "border and hourglass" pattern executed in red and green pigments, with an overall yellow ground; peg holes along outer edge; 18.00 indicates trader's price
length 83 x width 85 inches
cf. Timothy S.Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology, Wake...