Beaded Pouch, Shoulder Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1888
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. H M. Creel
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. H M. Creel
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: ""LITTLE SHELL," CHIEF OF TURTLE MOUNTAIN INDIANS. (SUPPOSEDLY) WITHDRAWN BY MRS. ALICE H. CREEL. SENT TO CAPT. PHIL CHRISTOPHERSON, DEVIL'S LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA, 8/09/1937. BUT CF. #129886 AND 129889, WHICH ARE STILL HERE. A BEADED POUCH NUMBERED 129878, WHICH IS INCORRECT, MAY INSTEAD BE THIS POUCH OR #129897. IT IS MADE OF BLACK CLOTH WITH GREEN TRIM, AND HAS TWO STRAPS OF BLACK CLOTH IN FRONT AND RED BEHIND, WITH RED TRIM, ATTACHED AS IF TO FORM A BANDOLIER; THE WHOLE IS COVERED WITH FLORAL BEADWORK DESIGNS. OVERALL LENGTH: 79 CM. LHC 8/1977." PROVENIENCE NOTE: CREEL'S CATALOG (DATED 4/03/1888) IN THE ACCESSION FILE MENTIONS A CHIPPEWA BEADED POUCH, FROM LITTLE SHELL, ORIGINAL NUMBER 7, CORRESPONDING TO #129877, THAT WAS "PURCHASED AT FT PORTER." (NOTE: THE REGISTRAR'S TYPED TRANSCRIPTION OF CREEL'S HANDWRITTEN CATALOG APPEARS TO MISREAD "FT PORTER" AS "FT. FOSTER.")
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Camp Porter, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa, Little Shell (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe, Metis)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 020615
label: USNM Number
content: E129877-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Overall
content: 79 cm