1 Buckskin Bowcase & 1 Quiver, Ornamented
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875 to 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Col. Paul E. Beckwith
label: Donor Name
content: Col. Paul E. Beckwith
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: IN THE LEDGER AND CARD CATALOG, "MINI WAKAN L." APPEARS AS PART OF THE LOCALE DESIGNATION. THIS IS VERY LIKELY A CORRUPTION OF "MINI WAUKON CHANTE," THE OLD INDIAN NAME FOR THE LAKE WHICH EARLY SETTLERS HAD MISTAKENLY GLOSSED AS "DEVIL'S LAKE." FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN SMITHSONIAN REPT. 1893; PL. 85; P. 679. 13 ARROWS ALSO FOUND. INVENTORIED 1978." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "QUIVER, BOW, AND ARROWS OF YANKTON SIOUX (SIOUAN STOCK). QUIVER, OF DRESSED BUFFALO HIDE, DECORATED WITH BEADWORK ON RED FLANNEL, AND FINELY CUT FRINGE. BOW, PLAIN, RECTANGULAR SECTION, SINGLE ARC. ARROWS, PLAIN SHAFT, SINUOUS GROOVES; FEATHERS, THREE; HEAD, OF IVORY, VERY LONG. UPPER MISSOURI RIVER, 1860. 1,911; 23,735. COLLECTED BY PAUL BECKWITH AND LIEUT. G. K. WARREN, U.S.A. ."
label: Notes
content: Decoration on quiver includes floral beadwork.
label: Notes
content: See related arrows E23736.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Devil's Lake (Fort Totten) Agency, Benson County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Yankton (Ihanktonwan) Dakota (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005272
label: USNM Number
content: E23735-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow Case / Quiver / Arrow