Shoulder Pouch
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1892 to 1896
name: label: Collector
content: James H. Gageby
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Emma F. Cocheu
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: THIS OBJECT IS PART OF A COLLECTION (#E387,846-878) OBTAINED FROM THE TETON SIOUX TRIBES BY THE DONOR'S FATHER, MAJOR JAMES H. GAGEBY, WHILE HE WAS ON DUTY AT FORT SULLY AND FORT NIOBRARA, 1892-1896. THE DONOR NOTES, "THE ARTICLES OF INDIAN BEADWORK...WERE COLLECTED BY HIM DURING THIS PERIOD MAINLY IN THE VICINITY OF FORT NIOBRARA."
label: Notes
content: Identified as of Great Lakes Indian manufacture by Marcia Anderson, Chief Curator, Minnesota Historical Society, 5-9-2003.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Typical Chippewa pouch, probably secured by Teton Dakota in trade. Cloth base, red flannel base for shoulder band, beaded panel on pouch 8 1/2" x 9 1/2" in woven beadwork, white background geometric border and floral design in blue, green, black, yellow, red and light violet. Pendants of woven beadwork with blue and red yarn ends. Black velvet background above pouch proper with floral bead embroidery on it. Woven bead band on shoulder band 4 3/8" wide. White background with floral designs in red, two blues, two greens and light purple seed beads."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Niobrara, Near / Fort Sully, Near, Cherry County / Sully County, Nebraska / South Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Teton (Lakota)
label: Culture
content: Great Lakes Indian
label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 188486
label: USNM Number
content: E387866-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag