Custer Battle Flag
Date1876
ClassificationsTextiles
Dimensions32 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches (82.55 x 67.31 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with funds from the Hon. Don M. Dickinson
Object numberML_95.2
DescriptionSwallow-tailed; thirteen red and white stripes and thirty-five gold stars on a blue canton arranged in two concentric circles with a single star at each corner.On View
On viewCollections
- American Design Team: Charles and Ray Eames
- Decorative Art
Locations
- (not entered) Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Conservation, Works on Paper
ProvenanceFound by Sergeant F.A. Culbertson after massacre on the Little Big Horn River, Montana, June 25, 1878.
16th Century
1926
c. 1927
(ca. 1495-1505)
16th Century
c. 1690
1967