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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spelling ftpennstateuncdm:oai:digital.libraries.psu.edu:arthist2/140851 2023-05-15T13:16:01+02:00 Powhatan's Mantle Unknown before 1638 Europe, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, repository; North and Central America, United States, Virginia, creation Deerskin hide, marginella shells Length: 213 cm JPEG http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140851 unknown Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections 03_2817_44_S 03.2817.44.S http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140851 This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications. Decorative Art Native American: Algonkin Native American post-contact Algonquin mantles outerwear robe robes figures Image ftpennstateuncdm 2022-08-30T08:56:36Z 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. Still Image algonkin PennState: Digital Collections
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collection PennState: Digital Collections
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topic Decorative Art
Native American: Algonkin
Native American
post-contact
Algonquin
mantles
outerwear
robe
robes
figures
spellingShingle Decorative Art
Native American: Algonkin
Native American
post-contact
Algonquin
mantles
outerwear
robe
robes
figures
Unknown
Powhatan's Mantle
topic_facet Decorative Art
Native American: Algonkin
Native American
post-contact
Algonquin
mantles
outerwear
robe
robes
figures
description 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.
format Still Image
author Unknown
author_facet Unknown
author_sort Unknown
title Powhatan's Mantle
title_short Powhatan's Mantle
title_full Powhatan's Mantle
title_fullStr Powhatan's Mantle
title_full_unstemmed Powhatan's Mantle
title_sort powhatan's mantle
url http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140851
op_coverage before 1638
Europe, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, repository; North and Central America, United States, Virginia, creation
genre algonkin
genre_facet algonkin
op_relation Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections
03_2817_44_S
03.2817.44.S
http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/140851
op_rights This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications.
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