Powhatan's Mantle

This famous robe entered the curiosity collection assembled by the royal gardener and botanist John Tradescant through the agency of British colonists at Jamestown, Virginia. It may come from the temple treasure of the great chief Powhattan, father of Pocahontas. Its central image of a human figure...

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Main Author: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Decorative Art
Native American: Algonkin
Native American
post-contact
Algonquin
mantles
outerwear
robe
robes
figures
algonkin
Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140851
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Summary:This famous robe entered the curiosity collection assembled by the royal gardener and botanist John Tradescant through the agency of British colonists at Jamestown, Virginia. It may come from the temple treasure of the great chief Powhattan, father of Pocahontas. Its central image of a human figure flanked by two animals is widespread in the East, as is the use of shining white shell as a spiritually empowered ritual-artistic medium.

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