Armband
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: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1401
label: Barcode
content: 211401.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Armband
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, porcupine quills, hide thong/babiche, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Quill plaiting/woven quillwork, quill-wrapped (flat), stitched