Culture/People:

Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this

Collector:

Sarah Emilia Olden (Sarah E. Olden), Non-Indian, 1867-ca. 1955  Search this

Previous owner:

Sarah Emilia Olden (Sarah E. Olden), Non-Indian, 1867-ca. 1955  Search this

Donor:

Sarah Emilia Olden (Sarah E. Olden), Non-Indian, 1867-ca. 1955  Search this

Object Name:

Child's moccasins

Media/Materials:

Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche

Techniques:

Lazy/lane stitch beadwork , overlay beadwork

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Wakpala, Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA

Collection History:

Collected by Sarah Emilia Olden (1867-ca. 1955, an author and amateur folklorist who supported Episcopal missionary work throughout the US) when she spent the winter of 1916-1917 at St. Elizabeth's Boarding School for Indian Children in Wakpala, South Dakota; donated to MAI by Miss Olden in 1918.

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Catalog Number:

8/3159

Barcode:

083159.000

See related items:

Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ad25e70f-8e55-4495-a578-cf988c618852

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_89618