Tattoo bundle (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Osage
label: Previous owner
content: Ap Ka-tan-ka (Great Elk), Osage
label: Previous owner
content: Great Metanka, Osage
label: Previous owner
content: Doe wa hee, Osage
label: Previous owner
content: Hun tei wacha, Osage
label: Previous owner
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
label: Previous owner
content: Karl May Museum
label: Seller
content: Karl May Museum
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly kept by several Osage men: Ap Ka-tan-ka (Great Elk), Great Metanka, Doe wa hee, and Hun tei wacha; probably 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 the Karl May Museum in 1948.
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: Oklahoma; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Osage
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Bundles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1571
label: Barcode
content: 211571.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Bundles
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Tattoo bundle (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, feather/feathers, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, twined