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Time Period:
1865-1870
Materials:
Buffalo bone, iron blade, rawhide, sinew
Techniques:
Cut, wrapped, sewn, tied
Dimensions:
Cultures:
American Indians, Native Americans, Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet), North America, Northern Plains, Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan), Plains
Site Name:
Marias Massacre (Baker Massacre) site, Marias River near Shelby
City:
Shelby
County:
Toole County
State:
Montana
Country:
USA
Collection History:
Said to have been found on the site of the Marias Massacre (January 23, 1870, also known as the Baker Massacre); formerly in the possession of Two Bear Woman (Pikuni Blackfeet, ca. 1844-ca. 1915); collected from Two Bear Woman by anthropologist, naturalist, and author George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938); donated to MAI in 1922.
Source ID:
NMAI_121496
Catalog Number:
11/3133
Album Name:
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