Buffalo hide from Wichita Mountain / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

Buffalo hide had multiple uses. This hide may have been used for bedding. Buffalo hides were also sold as major trade items among Plains tribes prior to the Civil War.

Tags: buffalo, hide
People: Native American
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Anthropology Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Buffalo hide from Wichita Mountain

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American

Date:

1968

Materials/Techniques:

hide (buffalo)

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Credit Line:

Gift of Ralph Corkille, Jr.

Accession No:

89.197

Previous Number(s):

TL1988; 8927.197; 29456

Department:

Not On View

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

brown, Buffalo, Convergence of Native Cultures in Northeast Oklahoma: Connecting Ancient to Modern, fold, fur, hair, hide, hunting, leather, Native American, repair, skin, stitch, tool

Cite this Page

Unknown. Buffalo hide from Wichita Mountain. 89.197. 1968. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/89197 (08/27/2019).

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