Knife sheath
name: label: Culture/People
content: Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Esther F. Bear (Esther M. Fish/Mrs. Donald Bear), Non-Indian, 1905-1987
label: Donor
content: Esther F. Bear (Esther M. Fish/Mrs. Donald Bear), Non-Indian, 1905-1987
label: Possible collector
content: Dr. Noah M. Gladfelter (Noah Miller Glatfelter), Non-Indian, 1837-1911
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Noah M. Gladfelter (Noah Miller Glatfelter), Non-Indian, 1837-1911
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Dr. Noah Miller Gladfelter (1837-1911, a US Army surgeon during the Civil War and later a physician and amateur botanist) and probably collected by him when he was stationed in the Dakota Territory between 1865 and 1867; inherited by his granddaughter Esther Fish Bear (Mrs. Donald Bear, 1905-1987); donated to MAI by Mrs. Bear in 1960.
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place: label: Place
content: Eastern Plains; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/755
label: Barcode
content: 230755.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Knife sheath
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, metal cones, porcupine quills
label: Techniques
content: Quill embroidered, quilled (lane stitched), quill-wrapped (flat)