Dress Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Collector
content: Thomas L. McKenney
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MCKENNEY COLLECTION: SEE ILLUS. IN ....... [McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery]. STRIP OF WOLF SKIN WITH VERTICAL SLIT MIDWAY. EARS AND MUZZLE OUTLINED WITH A STRIP OF RED WOOL CLOTH. EARS AND 'TAIL' ATTACHED TO MAIN STRIP. METAL DISCS ON RED CLOTH CIRCLES REPRESENT EYES. ATTACHED STRIP OF SKIN WITH QUILL-WRAPPED SELF FRINGE OUTLINES FACE OF ANIMAL. FOUR GROUPS OF BLACK BIRD FEATHERS ATTACHED DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SKIN. LOANED TO POLITICAL HISTORY DIVISION JULY 18, 1974. RETURNED 11-29-82. *SEE P. 47 OF THE INDIAN LEGACY OF CHARLES BIRD KING BY HERMAN VIOLA, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1976, WHERE THIS ARTIFACT IS IDENTIFIED AS HAVING BELONGED TO OKEEMAKEEQUID, CHIPPEWA."
label: Notes
content: This item has been added to Accession 67A00050, the War Dept collection, on the basis of association with Thomas McKenney, who organized and maintained that collection. It is listed in the original catalog ledger as coming from "Varden (Washington Museum)". Length: 67"
label: Notes
content: Dr. JoAllyn Archambault, Standing Rock Sioux, NMNH Department of Anthropology identified as a sash.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River, 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: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5434-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Breast Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 170 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 171 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19 cm