Culture/People:

Nakota (Yankton Sioux)  Search this

Previous owner:

Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka/Tatanka Yotanka), Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux), ca. 1831-1890  Search this

Major John H. Waugh, Non-Indian, 1853-1894  Search this

Edna B. Waugh, Non-Indian, 1883-1967  Search this

J. Harold Waugh (John Harold Waugh), Non-Indian, 1878-1956  Search this

Ella Hammond Waugh (Mrs. John H. Waugh), Non-Indian, 1853-1946  Search this

Major John H. Waugh, Non-Indian, 1853-1894  Search this

Collector:

Major John H. Waugh, Non-Indian, 1853-1894  Search this

Object Name:

Moccasins

Media/Materials:

Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche

Techniques:

Lazy/lane stitch beadwork

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Spirit Lake Reservation (Devils Lake Reservation); Benson County, Nelson County, Ramsey County, Eddy County; North Dakota; USA

Collection History:

Said to have belonged to Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka, Hunkpapa Lakota, ca. 1831-1890); collected by Major John H. Waugh (1853-1894, U.S. Indian agent at the Turtle Mountain and Fort Totten/Devil's Lake reservations from 1890 to 1893); inherited by his widow, Ella Hammond Waugh (1853-1946), and his children, John Harold Waugh (1878-1956) and Edna B. Waugh (1883-1967); lent to MAI by Ella Waugh, John Waugh, and Edna Waugh in 1941 in memory of Major Waugh and never reclaimed.

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Catalog Number:

20/4552

Barcode:

204552.000

See related items:

Nakota (Yankton Sioux)

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws621c45120-e3eb-4b33-99ac-4b959e1ba716

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_218546