Breast plate

1875-1900

Medium/TechniqueGlass beads, brass, rawhide

DimensionsLength x width: 30.5 x 27.9 cm (12 x 11 in.)

Credit LineGift of Timothy Phillips

Accession number2013.624

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ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

ProvenanceEarl Horter (b. 1881 - d. 1940), Philadelphia. Walter S. Chattin, Philadelphia. Colonel George G. Green (b. 1842 - d. 1925), Woodbury, NJ; until 1971, by descent within the family; November 19, 1971, Green Collection sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 244. May 10, 2008, anonymous sale, Skinner, Boston, lot 276, sold to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2013, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession date: May 29, 2013)