Spirit Bundle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Apr 1989
label: Collection Date
content: Aug 1986
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joallyn Archambault
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Joallyn Archambault
notes: label: Notes
content: DONOR'S MOTHER'S PERSONAL EFFECTS AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH, GATHERED TOGETHER INSIDE A BLANKET WRAPPER. 1/29, COMMERCIAL BLANKET, PINK AND BLUE FLORAL AND GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. 2/29 & 3/29 SLIPPERS, COMMERCIAL BLACK VINYL, RED LINING. 4/29 & 5/29 SLIPPERS, HAND KNIT, BEIGE AND BROWN WOOL. 6/29 & 7/29 SLIPPERS, HAND KNIT, TURQUOISE WOOL. 8/29 & 9/29 SLIPPERS, HAND KNIT, YELLOW WOOL. 10/29 & 11/29 SLIPPERS, COMMERCIAL, WHITE COTTON TERRY CLOTH, BLACK VINYL SOLES. 12/29 & 13/29 SOCKS, COMMERCIAL WHITE WOOL KNIT. 14/29 & 15/29 HAND CONTROL MITTS, HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT, WHITE SYNTHETIC CLOTH & NET, STRAP & METAL BUCKLE CLOSURE. 16/29 - 23/29 HOSPITAL GOWNS, VARIOUS SIZES, COMMERCIAL GOWNS, PRINTED COTTON CLOTH. 24/29 - 27/29 CLOTHS, VARIOUS SIZES, 4 WHITE COTTON CLOTHS. 28/29 BATHROBE, COMMERCIAL PINK SYNTHETIC, PLASTIC BUTTONS, LACE AT COLLAR AND CUFFS. 29/29 AFGHAN, HAND CROCHETED WOOL, ZIGZAG DESIGN, GOLD, GREEN, ORANGE, YELLOW. The accession file states that " the bundle was "made for Johnny Archambault (Creek) [Mattie Johnnie Looney Archambault, Mrs. Frank Allen Archambault, Creek, 1907 - 1986] by her daughter JoAllyn Archambault (Sioux, Yanktonai), also the donor, in February, 1986. The bundle was made for Archambault's soul-release ceremony which was conducted by Art[hur] Amiotte, Oglalla Lakota, in August, 1986."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Yanktonai (Ihanktonwana, Hunkpatina) Dakota
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380541
label: USNM Number
content: E425572-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spirit Bundle
physicalDescription: label: Length - 10 Of 29 & 11 Of 29 Slippers
content: 22 cm
label: Length - 12 Of 29 & 13 Of 29 Socks
content: 35 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 29 & 3 Of 29 Slippers
content: 24 cm
label: Length - 4 Of 29 & 5 Of 29 Slippers
content: 22 cm
label: Length - 6 Of 29 & 7 Of 29 Slippers
content: 25 cm
label: Length - 8 Of 29 & 9 Of 29 Slippers
content: 20 cm
label: Length - 14 Of 29 & 15 Of 29 Hand Control Mitts
content: 26 cm
label: Length - 28 Of 29 Bathrobe
content: 107 cm
label: Width - 28 Of 29 Bathrobe
content: 56 cm
label: Length - 28 Of 29 Bathrobe
content: 160 cm
label: Width - 29 Of 29 Afghan
content: 100 cm
label: Length - 1 Of 29 Blanket
content: 170 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 29 Blanket
content: 177 cm