Firebag
date: label: Date created
content: 1847
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yanktonai Nakota
label: Artist/Maker
content: Daughter of Wanata, Yanktonai Nakota
label: Previous owner
content: Sanford Bell Cocks (Sandford B. Cock), Non-Indian, 1832-1892
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
label: Donor
content: Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
label: Honoree
content: Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been made for Sanford Bell Cocks (1832-1892) in 1847; descended through the Cocks family to his great-niece Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker, 1857-1945); inherited by her daughter Anna Whitaker Slaughter (Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter, 1887-1972); donated to MAI by Anna Slaughter in 1970 in honor of Helen Eastgate Whitaker.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Devils Lake, Spirit Lake Reservation (Devils Lake Reservation); Ramsey County; North Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yanktonai Nakota
label: See related items
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/3950
label: Barcode
content: 243950.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Firebag
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, glass bead/beads, wool yarn
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, appliquéd, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, strung, tasseled