Culture/People:

Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this

Previous owner:

Eagle Shield (Wambliwahacanka), Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux), ca. 1859-ca. 1932  Search this

Collector:

Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957  Search this

Seller:

Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957  Search this

Object Name:

Parfleche headdress case

Media/Materials:

Rawhide, hide thong/babiche, paint

Techniques:

Rolled, stitched, painted

Dimensions:

53 x 14 cm

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA

Date created:

circa 1870

Collection History:

Formerly owned by Eagle Shield (Lakota, ca. 1859-ca. 1932); collected from him in 1913 or 1914 by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957); purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.

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Catalog Number:

6/8007

Barcode:

068007.000

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Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63c0b187a-98a2-457a-8dd3-97c13520b6fb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_73301