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Object Number 30-69-10/K64
Display Title Braid of Sweet Grass
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sweetgrass, woven with braided ends, 2 braids tied at side
Classification
  • Plant fiber
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / South Dakota?
North America / United States / North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms Standing Rock Agency
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 9 x 0.5 cm (18 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object K64
Provenance
Collector James McLaughlin (1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary Mary T. Hemenway (1883 ca.)
Donor Old South Church of Boston (1930)

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