Toy Or Miniature Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Dec 2022
label: Collection Date
content: 1892 to 1898
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Eugene S. Dutcher
label: Collector
content: Mary B. Dutcher
label: Donor Name
content: Rebecca Bulls
notes: label: Notes
content: Small cylindrical rawhide case with circular buckskin top and buckskin ties/straps; stained a reddish color. Commercial leather cut fringe attached down one side. Appears to be stuffed with cloth? Marked with previous number 78-11.149. Full size case of similar design is illus. Fig. 43, p. 78 in Wissler, Clark. 1910. "Material Culture of the Blackfoot Indians." In Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Clark Wissler, ed., 1-176. Vol. V. New York, NY: Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044058533217&view=1up&seq=88 . It is identified there as the type of case used for ceremonial objects. Full size versions of such cases are often used for feather headdresses.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Apr 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2086196
label: USNM Number
content: E437024-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Case
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Including Fringe
content: 17 cm
label: Maximum Width - Including Fringe
content: 6 cm