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 meager decorations in gayly colored quillwork [including floral design]. Fringed along edge. Opens by means of six vertical draw strings, all of which are attached together at upper end."
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: E378145-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag