Powhatan's Mantle
Virginia, North America
© Ashmolean Museum
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Description
Decorated leather tent hanging made from four white-tailed deer hides sewn together with sinew thread. The shell beadwork decoration consists of a central standing human figure flanked by two upright quadrupeds and surrounded by 34 discs.
Artist
Virginia, North America
Date
17th Century
Accession Number
AN1685.B.205
Material
deerhide with shell bead decoration