Knife-Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1887
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. C. M. Clarke
label: Donor Name
content: Essex County Historical Society
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL BUCKSKIN KNIFE CASE, BEADED IN GEOMETRIC DESIGN WITH RED & BLUE GLASS BEADS (OVERLAID STITCH). LOOM WOVEN BEADED NECK STRAP OF RED & BLUE BEADS ATTACHED TO TOP EDGE OF BACK. GIVEN TO MRS. C. M. CLARKE "BY BAULIRU, A FRENCH INDIAN". SAID TO HAVE BELONGED TO A "CHIEF" AT THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION.
label: Notes
content: Beadwork design of knife sheath appears to include a stylized animal head immediately below the strap, with a circle design below the head. "A French Indian" may be a reference to a Metis person? Speculatively, the name "Baliru" may be a garbled version of the surname Beaulieu?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 379937
label: USNM Number
content: E425642-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 40 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6 cm