bison hide robe
Bison hide - hand painted women's robe. Commercially tanned. Contemporary.
- Object: bison hide robe
- Artist: Donald Price
- Circa: 1990
- Dimensions: approx 7 ft X 6 ft.
- Culture Area: Great Plains
- Cultural Group: Unspecified
- Cultural Context: Although this is a contemporary piece done by a man, the geometric designs painted on it would have been an indication that it had been painted by a woman. Plains women did geometric work, whereas men typically did the representational work.
- Donor: Paulette Beaumale
- Catalog #: 118.032