Medicine Man's Drum
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Nov 1959
name: label: Collector
content: George Bent
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Elizabeth Corcoran
notes: label: Notes
content: According to the list prepared during cataloging: "Medicine man's drum (397807)...The spread winged red wing blackbird was painted on the front by the original owner - the Cheyenne medicine man 'Woman's Heart,' from whom it had been acquired just after he had treated a Cheyenne woman, 'Night Killer.' The recipient: George Bent presented it to Bart Butler, 1915, and furnished the details here given. Woman's Hearts' original name was "Red Winged Blackbird,' given him by his father Black Shield, but after he was adult he gave it away to a relative and took the name Woman's Heart of a famous Kiowa chief and warrior...."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cheyenne (Tsitsistas, Suhtai)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 227887
label: USNM Number
content: E397807-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum / Drumstick