Garden Rake

Object Details

Collector

Dr. U S Army Charles C. Gray

Dr. Washington Matthews

Donor Name

Dr. U S Army Charles C. Gray

PROVENIENCE NOTE: THE ACCESSION FILE FOR #E6326-6361 NOTES ONLY THAT THE OBJECTS WERE SENT FROM FORT STEVENSON IN 1868. THE COLLECTORS, DRS. GRAY & MATHEWS, WERE POSTED TO THIS FORT IN 1867-68 (IN PRESENT-DAY NORTH DAKOTA), BUT PRIOR TO THAT, DR. MATHEWS HAD SERVED AT FORT BERTHOLD (WHICH LAY ONLY A FEW MILES FROM FORT STEVENSON), AS WELL AS AT FORT UNION FURTHER NORTH ON THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER (ON THE MONTANA/NORTH DAKOTA BORDER). NEAR THERE, AT FORT BUFORD, DR. GRAY HAD BEEN POSTED IN 1867, AND IN 1866 SERVED AT FORT RANDALL (IN PRESENT-DAY SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA). PRECISE PROVENIENCE IS THEREFORE UNCERTAIN FOR THESE OBJECTS; "FORT BERTHOLD," "FORT STEVENSON," "UPPER MISSOURI RIVER," OR SIMPLY "DAKOTA TERRITORY" INCONSISTENTLY APPEAR IN THE CARD CATALOG LISTINGS FOR THIS SERIES. (CFS/1995).

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE BULL. 77, PL. 54A, P. 178."

This is a smaller piece of wood, wrapped in skin. A tag attached says "this may be #6533 or part of it, but it does not resemble picture in BAE Bull. 77, pl 54A, p 178. Mystery". An old, very faded, tag says "Garden rake such as now in much use by all at Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation. Obtained from R_____ in _____. Drs. Grey and Matthews".

Record Last Modified

8 Nov 2024

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Arikara (Sahnish)

Accession Date

1868

Accession Number

001281

USNM Number

E6353-1

Object Type

Rake

Place

Fort Berthold, Mclean County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America

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Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8470871

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fe676f20-81f6-4154-aad1-8838ba52046f