This painted Comanche hide, which dates from the mid nineteenth century, served as a robe for a child. There are very few such robes in existence, and it is a rare example of Comanche clothing in a museum collection east of the Mississippi. Wake Forest (http://www.wfu.edu/moa/ [1]) has received NEH support for conservation of some of the museum’s artifacts, including this robe.
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[1] http://www.wfu.edu/moa/
[2] http://www.neh.gov/files/humanities/articles/curio-pic_comanche_robe_ja2009_1000px.jpg
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[5] http://www.neh.gov/humanities/tag/colorado
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[7] http://www.neh.gov/humanities/tag/wake-forest-university