Burden strap
date: label: Date created
content: 1750-1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mohawk
label: Previous owner
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
label: Seller
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; 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 Patty Frank in 1950.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Ontario, Québec, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Mohawk
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: 21/6508
label: Barcode
content: 216508.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Burden strap
label: Media/Materials
content: Cordage, porcupine quills, glass bead/beads, hide, dye/dyes, thread
label: Techniques
content: Twined, false-embroidered, edge beaded, sewn