Firestarting flint
name: label: Culture/People
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Pte san Waste win (Ptesan Wastewin [Pretty Gray Cow]), Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: Collector
content: Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
label: Seller
content: Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected from Ptesan Wastewin (Lakota) in 1913 or 1914 by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957); purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6/7981
label: Barcode
content: 067981.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Firestarting flint
label: Media/Materials
content: Flint
label: Techniques
content: Carved