Quirt
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Previous owner
content: Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
label: Seller
content: Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernest O. Schernikow (1860-1933, a businessman involved in mining, a diplomat for Latin America, and a collector or many kinds of things); purchased by MAI from Ernest Schernikow in 1916 using funds donated by The (Mrs. George) Heye.
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: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: See related items
content: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/743
label: Barcode
content: 050743.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Quirt
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, metal cones, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Carved, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded, quill-wrapped (flat)