Knife sheath
name: label: Culture/People
content: Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
label: Possible owner
content: Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka/Tatanka Yotanka), Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux), ca. 1831-1890
label: Possible owner
content: Captain John Crawford (John Wallace Crawford/Captain Jack Crawford), Non-Indian, 1847-1917
label: Previous owner
content: Elisha P. Slocum, Non-Indian, 1830-1911
label: Previous owner
content: Edith Story Gray, Mohegan, 1874-1966
label: Seller
content: Edith Story Gray, Mohegan, 1874-1966
label: Seller agent
content: Walt Killam (Walter Milton Killam), Non-Indian, 1907-1979
label: Presenter/funding source
content: John S. Williams (John Stanton Williams/John S. Williams, Sr.), Non-Indian, 1901-1982
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; said to have been owned by the Hunkpapa leader Sitting Bull (ca. 1831-1890) and Captain John Crawford ("Captain Jack" Crawford, 1847-1917), of the Black Hills Rangers, but this is unlikely; formerly in the collection of Elisha P. Slocum (1830-1911), an agent for the Adams Express Company in the Dakotas and probably acquired by him in the 1870s; inherited by Slocum's wife's niece, Edith Story Gray (Mohegan, 1874-1966); purchased by MAI from Mrs. Gray in 1962 using funds donated by John S. Williams (1901-1982, a New York City stockbroker and MAI trustee).
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: South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/2203
label: Barcode
content: 232203.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Knife sheath
label: Media/Materials
content: Deerhide/deerskin, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Bead-wrapped , lazy/lane stitch beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 43 x 8 x 3 cm