Bear Claw And Sleigh Bell Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
label: Collection Date
content: 12 Sep 1909
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph H. Sharp
label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Owned by Two Moons - signed with double crescent. Consists of bear claws and sleigh bells. Described in American Indian Tradition, vol. 8, no. 1, 1961, p. 8. Original label reads: 'Two Moons (with graphical representation of double crescent here). (Cheyenne chief) his signature traced. Bear claw necklace secured sept. 12th 1909 after trying for 15 years. J. H. Sharp, Crow Agency, Mont.'"
label: Notes
content: There are two original tags with this artifact. As noted on the catalogue card, one tag is from Joseph Henry Sharp. Front of the tag, as writen by Sharp says: "Two Moons [name glyph of linked/double crescent moons] <-- His signature traced. Bear claw necklace - secured Sept 12th 1909 after trying for 15 years. Crow Agency, Mont. J.H. Sharp." Back of Sharp tag has annotation by Dr. Sally McLendon: "Original tag of Joseph Henry Sharpe [sic], the painter, who sold a collection to Grace Nicholson, the dealer, who sold to V.J. Evans, 1919 - S. McLendon June 1981". Second original tag is tag of artifact dealer Grace Nicholson, per Dr. Sally McLendon. Front of tag, as written by Nicholson says: "165 Cheyenne Chief Two Moons Necklace with signature". Back of Nicholson tag has annotation by Dr. Sally McLendon: "Original tag of Grace Nicholson, was bought [from] J.H. Sharpe [sic] collection - S. McLendon June 1981". See: McLendon, Sally, 1981, "Preparing Museum Collections for Use as Primary Data in Ethnographic Research," In: The Research Potential of Anthropological Museum Collections. Anne-Marie E. Cantwell, James B. Griffin, and Nan A. Rothschild, eds. Annals Of The New York Academy of Sciences, 376:201-227. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Crow Agency, Crow Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cheyenne (Tsitsistas, Suhtai)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E360278-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace