Buckskin Pouch Ornamented With Beads
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Col. Paul E. Beckwith
label: Donor Name
content: Col. Paul E. Beckwith
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: IN THE LEDGER AND CARD CATALOG, "MINI WAKAN L." APPEARS AS PART OF THE LOCALE DESIGNATION. THIS IS VERY LIKELY A CORRUPTION OF "MINI WAUKON CHANTE," THE OLD INDIAN NAME FOR THE LAKE WHICH EARLY SETTLERS HAD MISTAKENLY GLOSSED AS "DEVIL'S LAKE." FROM CARD: "W. CARL, AUSTRIA 1/28/95 FOUND IN COLLECTION JUNE 1978. INVENTORIED 1978." FROM CARD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "POUCH.--MADE OF BUCKSKIN, ORNAMENTED WITH BEADWORK AND BUCKSKIN FRINGE. LENGTH, 16 INCHES; WIDTH, 6 1/2 INCHES. SIOUX INDIANS, DEVIL'S LAKE RESERVATION, DAKOTA. 23,747. COLLECTED BY PAUL BECKWITH."
label: Notes
content: Decoration includes floral beadwork.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Devil's Lake (Fort Totten) Agency, Benson County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005272
label: USNM Number
content: E23747-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16.5 cm