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: E379950C.
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. 24.2 x 24.5 cm. "Willie Williamson, Piegan, 12 years, time in shop 2 years". [E379950-2 and E379950-3] Illus.: Ewers, John C. Plains Indian Sculpture; Fig. 208, pg. 215. Identified there as decorative plaques by twelve-year-old Blackfeet students at Fort Shaw Indian School in the mid-1890s."
label: Notes
content: Carved with foliate design. 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 Willie Williamson's time at Fort Shaw school as 9/1895 - 6/1897.
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: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi), Piegan (Piikani)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 150648
label: USNM Number
content: E379950-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Artwork