Wood Block Carving
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Dec 1938
name: label: Donor Name
content: Adj Gen. Alfred C. Hawley
notes: label: Notes
content: E379950L.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Made in the manual training shop of the Fort Shaw Indian school. Entirely acculturated [sic] work. J.C.E. 1984. Remarks in quotes were on labels pasted to back of each carving. 15.7 x 15.4 cm. "Louisa Wirth, Sioux, 12 years, time in shop 1 year"."
label: Notes
content: Catalogue card identifies Louisa Wirth as Sioux, however research by Kristi Dawn Scott has identified her as Assiniboine. See Scott, Kristi Dawn. "Child Artisans of the Northern Plains: Woodcarving at Fort Shaw Indian School, 1892-1910." M.A. Thesis, Montana State University, 2011. Scott lists Louisa Wirth's time at Fort Shaw school as 12/1892- 6/1899. Carved with central design of an eight pointed star.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Shaw Indian School, Cascade County, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Assiniboine (Nakoda/Nakota/Nakona)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 150648
label: USNM Number
content: E379950-11
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Artwork