War Paint-Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1869
name: label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PEOPLE: CHEYENNE; KIOWA*. REMARKS: "CHEYENNE INDIANS WAR PAINT BAG. BATTLE OF WASHITA NOV 27, 1868" AND "CHEYENNE WAR PAINT BAG AND RINGS. BATTLE OF WASHITA NOV. 27, 1868. 367." RINGS AND ORNAMENTS RELATED ARE #8764-5. BAG OFCOMM. LEATHER, FRONT COVERED COMPLETELY WITH BEADING. FLUTED BUTTON ON LID. GREEN TWISTED FRINGE. REMARKS: *IDENTIFIED AS OF KIOWA MANUFACTURE ON BASIS OF STYLE BY FR. PETER J. POWELL - W. MERRILL 1-16-1991. WASHITA BATTLE WAS IN OKLAHOMA. INVENTORIED 1978."
label: Notes
content: Flat pouch of saddle leather, front and curved flap covered with lazy stitch beadwork in geometric pattern. Green-painted twisted fringe at bottom. Silver button on flap. Although collected from the Cheyenne, this item is stylistically Kiowa. 4.75" (12 cm). Records: Cheyenne. War paint bag and rings. Battle of Washita. November 24, 1868. Collected by Dr. Lippincott. (T,C).(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: 15 Aug 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washita Battleground, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cheyenne (Tsitsistas, Suhtai)
label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001599
label: USNM Number
content: E8763-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paint Bag