Record-Feather
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
label: Collection Date
content: 1917
name: label: Collector
content: Miss Frances T. Densmore
label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Feather has record of nine war parties. Formerly the property of Black Hawk, leading Chippewa warrior. The feather is that of a bald eagle. Collected by Frances Densmore in 1917. Consists of a quill and shaft (no barbs) wrapped with colored thread and three pieces of ribbon. LHC 7/1977." There is an old handwritten tag with the artifact which says: " "Record feather" with record of nine war parties. Formerly property of Black Hawk, a leading Chippewa warrior. The feather is that of a bald eagle. Coll. by Frances Densmore 1917." Tag with E359449, also from Black Hawk, indicates his name is Gekekwush.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Jul 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Minnesota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E359508-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Feather