Winter count recording events from 1800 to 1870

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Date created
1870-1885
Culture/People
Yanktonnai Nakota
Artist/Maker
Lone Dog (Shunka Ishnala), Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
Previous owner
Stephen Allen Frost (S.A. Frost), Non-Indian, ca. 1820-ca. 1905
Captain Chichester, Non-Indian
Collection History
Collection history unknown; said to have been purchased from the family of Captain Chichester by Stephen Allen Frost (ca. 1820-ca. 1905, a New York City bead merchant and Indian trader and founder of Stephen A. Frost & Son), circa 1880; acquired by George Heye circa 1906.
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Place
Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
See related items
Yanktonnai Nakota
Indigenous Knowledge and Records
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
1/617
Barcode
010617.000
Object Type
Indigenous Knowledge and Records
Object Name
Winter count recording events from 1800 to 1870
Media/Materials
Buffalo hide/skin, paint
Techniques
Painted
Dimensions
259 x 207 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e7ca7ae0-3014-4712-8fe5-4b722381c2ba
Record ID
NMAI_11377