Matting Of Wooden Sticks
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CONDITION REPORT AFTER REMOVAL FROM EXHIBIT HALL 9 (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "TRAPEZOIDAL SHAPED BACKREST MADE FROM THIN REEDS ATTACHED W/ SINEWS IN 4 STRIPS RUNNING LENGTHWISE. TOP PART IS SHORT END & HAS A BUCKSKIN CARRYING STRAP DECORATED W/ GLASS BEADS, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW PAINTS, & TIN DANGLES. LONG SIDES EDGED W/ PIECES OF BEADED BUCKSKIN W/ PLAIN COTTON FABRIC ON BACK SIDE, BEADED BUCKSKIN ON FRONT WHICH ARE PAINTED YELLOW, RED, & BLUE. FRINGED AT TOP & BOTTOM. SIDES DECORATED W/ 4 PAIRED THONGS. TOP PORTION OF BACKREST DECORATED W/ 14 ALTERNATING HORIZONTAL STRIPES (EACH STRIPE IS 7 REEDS WIDE), PAINTED RED & WHITE."
label: Notes
content: Trapezoid of red-painted, peeled willow rods strung of sinew, edged on each side with hide strips painted in red and green with rectangles outlined in lazy stitch beadwork. 58" (147 cm). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E361195-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Backrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 183 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 107 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3 cm