Culture/People:

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Possible collector:

Reverend Walter Clark Roe, Non-Indian, 1859-1913  Search this

Mary Wickham Roe (Mrs. Walter Clark Roe), Non-Indian, 1863-1941  Search this

Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page), Non-Indian, 1861-1943  Search this

Previous owner:

Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler), Non-Indian, 1897-1983  Search this

Donor:

Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler), Non-Indian, 1897-1983  Search this

Object Name:

Pipebag

Media/Materials:

Hide, glass bead/beads

Techniques:

Edge beaded , lazy/lane stitch beadwork

Dimensions:

77 x 15.5 cm

Object Type:

Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Place:

Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)

Date created:

1860-1890

Collection History:

Formerly in the collection of the Page and Schauffler families and possibly collected by Reverend Walter Clark Roe (1859-1913 ) or his wife Mary Wickham Roe (1863-1941), who served as missionaries in Colony, Oklahoma, between 1897 and 1913, or by Mrs. Roe's sister, Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page, 1861-1943), during visits to Indian reservations as part of her duties as Field Secretary for the Women's Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America (1903 to 1913); inherited by Mrs. Page's daughter, Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler, 1897-1983); donated to MAI by Mrs. Schauffler in 1981.

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Catalog Number:

25/795

Barcode:

250795.000

See related items:

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws657ab82d3-ed60-443f-800e-26230ecc9ad8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_266316