Burden strap/tumpline
date: label: Date created
content: 1760-1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: Seneca [Cattaraugus]
label: Previous owner
content: Mr. King, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: William T. Fenton, Non-Indian, 1846-1924
label: Previous owner
content: John W. Fenton (J. W. Fenton), Non-Indian, 1875-1939
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. William N. Fenton (Willian Nelson Fenton), Non-Indian, 1908-2005
label: Seller
content: Dr. William N. Fenton (Willian Nelson Fenton), Non-Indian, 1908-2005
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been given by an unnamed Cattaraugus Seneca woman to Mr. King (a lumberman working in the Conewango Valley) at an unknown date; acquired by William T. Fenton (1846-1924, of Leon, New York) from Mr. King circa 1875; inherited by William T. Fenton's son, artist and educator John W. Fenton (1875-1939, of New Rochelle, New York) and subsequently by John Fenton's son, anthropologist William N. Fenton (1908-2005); purchased by MAI from William N. Fenton in 1940.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Cattaraugus Reservation; Erie County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Seneca [Cattaraugus]
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: 20/2834
label: Barcode
content: 202834.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Burden strap/tumpline
label: Media/Materials
content: Cordage, bird quills, glass bead/beads, deer hair
label: Techniques
content: Twined, false-embroidered, edge beaded, braided
label: Dimensions
content: 5 x 305 cm