Object Details
- Culture/People
- A'aninin (Gros Ventre)
- Possible collector
- Joseph Kossuth Dixon (Joseph K. Dixon), Non-Indian, 1856-1926
- Previous owner
- Joseph Kossuth Dixon (Joseph K. Dixon), Non-Indian, 1856-1926
- Edith R. Dixon (Edith Sloane Reid/Mrs. Joseph Kossuth Dixon), Non-Indian, 1891-1969
- Seller
- Edith R. Dixon (Edith Sloane Reid/Mrs. Joseph Kossuth Dixon), Non-Indian, 1891-1969
- Collection History
- Probably collected between 1909 and 1913 by Joseph Kossuth Dixon (1856-1926, a photographer and filmmaker) during his work on the "Wanamaker Expedition of Citizenship," which was sponsored by Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928, of the Wanamaker department stores) to present American flags to 189 tribes and emphasize the importance of Native citizenship; purchased by MAI from Joseph Dixon's widow, Edith R. Dixon (1891-1969), in 1927.
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- Date created
- 1880-1920
- Catalog Number
- 15/6997
- Barcode
- 156997.000
- Object Type
- Sewing Tools and Equipment
- Object Name
- Awl and case
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads, wood, cotton thread
- Techniques
- Bead-wrapped, edge beaded, carved
- Place
- Fort Belknap, Fort Belknap Reservation; Blaine County; Montana; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- A'aninin (Gros Ventre)
- Sewing Tools and Equipment
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_168340
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ed93b598-c083-447d-895e-e6ccb4fd22bf
