Knife And Sheath Belonging To Wacosta
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Collector
content: James Buckler
label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 SHEATH AND CASE KNIFE. EARLY NATIONAL INSTITUTE PIECE; RECEIVED THERE SEPT.13, 1841. REF: PROCEEDINGS NATIONAL INSTITUTE, 1840-46 P.104 A KNIFE SAID TO HAVE BELONGED TO WACOUSTA, A CELEBRATED INDIAN CHIEF - FROM MR. JAMES BUCKLER". "
label: Notes
content: "Wacousta" is the name of a fictional character in the novel "Wacousta: or, the Prophecy; A Tale of the Canadas", by John Richardson, first published in 1832. Note that there was a prominent Mdewakanton Dakota (Sioux) man named Wacouta, or the Shooter.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Plains, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E2475-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife