Provenance
Reportedly owned by Quanah Parker (c. 1850-1911) [this and the following according to Mauer 1977, 196]; collected at Fort Sill, Indian Territory (now OK), 1899. J.H. [Jacob Howard] Euston (1892-1965), Chicago, by 1965 [this and the following according to letter from Father Peter J. Powell, Sept. 11, 2018; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to Father Peter J. Powell (1928-2022), Chicago, 1965 [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago from Feb. 24 1977, incoming receipt, RX10969; copy in curatorial object file; Maurer 1977]; by descent to his estate, 2022; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.
Accession Number
122708
Medium
Deer skin, horse hair, glass beads, and pigment
Dimensions
Left: 87.2 × 37.3 cm (34 3/8 × 14 11/16 in.); Right: 83.9 × 38.9 cm (33 1/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Classification
leather/animal skin
Credit Line
Gift of the Powell Family in memory of their parents Father Peter Powell and Virginia Raisch Powell
