Burden strap/Tumpline
date: label: Date created
content: 1780-1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Prairie (attributed)
label: Possible owner
content: Karl May Museum
label: Possible owner
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
label: Seller
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; acquired at an unknown date by Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis, 1876-1959), an artist, collector, and historian who worked for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and contributed his collection to help found the Karl May Museum (Radebeul, Germany), where he served as curator until his death; purchased by MAI from Patty Frank in 1948.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Eastern Plains; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Prairie
label: See related items
content: Transportation Items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1402
label: Barcode
content: 211402.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Transportation Items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Burden strap/Tumpline
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide thong/Babiche, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, quill-wrapped (flat), quill-wrapped (braided), strung