Woven Grass Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1937
name: label: Collector
content: Gen. U S Army Frederick W. Sibley
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. James M. Phalen
notes: label: Notes
content: Catalog card states: "Twined weave; of Apocynum, Indian hemp. Reverse imbricated with grass fiber which is dyed in rectangular panels of natural straw color and purple. Obverse imbricated with lozenge shape panels of grass fiber dyed orange, blue, and green. Bag presented to Maj. Frederick William Sibley, the donor's father, by W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), who states that the bag had been owned by Geronimo."
label: Notes
content: There is an old paper label pinned to the bag which says: "Geronimo's own war bag, and it's genuine, compliments of W. F. Cody, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A., Judge Advocate General, to Wm (?) Major Sibley." The part of the label that says "W. F. Cody, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A., Judge Advocate General" is printed; the rest of the text is handwritten. Flat bag. Red decorative sections have been painted on or painted over. Though purported to have been owned by Geronimo, the bag has been attributed as of Nez Perce manufacture/style by the museum cataloguer.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Idaho (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nez Perce (Nimiipuu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 143750
label: USNM Number
content: E378524-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag