Powhatan's Mantle
Powhatan's Mantle. 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. Virginia, North America
Picture No
10500432
Media ID
44351104
Size
4139px x 6252px
(16.1MB)
Credit
©Ashmolean Museum / Mary Evans
Source
Virginia, North America - deerhide with shell bead decoration
Date
17th Century
