Fort Shaw Indian School, Cascade County, Montana, United States, North America
Accession Date:
14 Dec 1938
Notes:
E379950F.
From card: "Made in the manual training shop of the Fort Shaw Indian school. Entirely acculturated [sic] work. J.C.E. 1984. Remarks in quotes were on labels pasted to back of each carving. 24.2 x 25.2 cm. "Leatha Alder, Sioux, 15 years, time in shop 6 months".
Carved with floral design. See Scott, Kristi Dawn. "Child Artisans of the Northern Plains: Woodcarving at Fort Shaw Indian School, 1892-1910." M.A. Thesis, Montana State University, 2011. Scott lists Leatha Alder's time at Fort Shaw school as 8/1896 - 6/1899, but also notes that Alder has 2 withdrawal dates in the records: 6/1896 and 6/1899,
