Fort Shaw Indian School, Cascade County, Montana, United States, North America
Accession Date:
14 Dec 1938
Notes:
E379950K.
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. 14.7 x 14.7 cm. "Mollie Buckle [or Buckles?], Sioux, 13 years, time in shop 1 year".
Carved with repeat 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 Mollie Buckle's time at Fort Shaw school as 2/1893-12/1898.
