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Collector:
Dr. U S Army Charles C. Gray  Search this
Dr. Washington Matthews  Search this
Donor Name:
Army Medical Museum  Search this
Culture:
Hidatsa  Search this
Object Type:
Hoop And Pole Game
Place:
Fort Berthold (not certain) / Fort Stevenson (not certain), Mclean County (not certain), Dakota Territory (not certain) / North Dakota (not certain), United States, North America
Accession Date:
18 Feb 1869
Collection Date:
1867 to 1868
Notes:
CULTURE CHANGED FROM GROS VENTRE TO HIDATSA PER C. GREENE 8-20-1999. SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
PROVENIENCE NOTE: PROVENIENCE IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN, BUT IS LIKELY IN THE AREA OF FORT STEVENSON/FORT BERTHOLD, AS THE LEDGER LISTS LOCALE AS "BERTHOLD INDIANS" AND THE TWO COLLECTORS, DRS. GRAY AND MATTHEWS, WERE POSTED TO THIS AREA IN THE LATE 1860'S. THE TWO FORTS WERE ONLY A FEW MILES APART. DR. MATTHEWS WAS POSTED FROM 1865-7 FORT UNION AND FORT BERTHOLD, DAKOTA TERR.. COLLECTOR DR. GRAY WAS POSTED 1866-7 FORT RANDALL, DAKOTA TERRITORY; 1867 ALSO FORT BUFORD, DAKOTA TERRITORY; 1867-1868 FORT STEVENSON, DAKOTA TERRITORY.
Listed in original AMM catalog as #122, Wheel used in boys games.
Record Last Modified:
10 Apr 2021
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
416140
USNM Number:
E8422-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3de5402a4-07ac-4d3e-ae90-7a5045f3c9c1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8481409