Skin Pouch
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Oct 1936
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Col. William H. Clapp
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Henry M. Clapp
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Tanned buckskin with simple floral decoration of brightly colored quills. Fringed along edges. Top opens by means of long draw strings which are fastened together at the upper end. Decorated with quillwork."
label: Notes
content: This type of bag is called a puzzle bag or puzzle pouch. For images of others see: Biron, Gerry. "Puzzle Pouches." Historic Iroquois And Wabanaki Beadwork, October 20, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20211025190000/https://iroquoisbeadwork.blogspot.com/2013/10/puzzle-pouches.htmll . Prindle, Tara. "Native American Leather Bags and Pouches." NativeTech: Native American Technology & Art. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.nativetech.org/clothing/pouch/puzzlepouch/index.html. The Canadian Canoe Museum also has a video on how to open these bags: https://youtu.be/jJ4hcZXMnMU
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Mar 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Pine Ridge Reservation / Shannon County, South 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: 141234
label: USNM Number
content: E378144-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag