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Object Number
30-69-10/K36
Display Title
Match case - beaded
Descriptions
Object Description
Match case - beaded. "Purchased from an aged Sioux woman named "Her Four Blankets", who is 90 years old and who states that she carried this case many years and had it on her person at the battle of the "Little Big Horn" in 1876 when General Custer was killed."
Inventory Description
Bag, beaded design on white background, flap fringe, tinkler extensions
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Materials
Leather, Glass, Metal tinkler
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 6 x 0.8 cm (5 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
K36
Provenance
Owner
Her-Four-Blankets
(1883 ca.)
Collector
James McLaughlin
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca.)
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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| |
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| |
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South Dakota
Wyoming | |
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| |
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
United States
| |
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|
Wyoming
South Dakota | |
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|
South Dakota?
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