Firebag

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Date created: 1847

Culture/People: Yanktonnai Nakota
Artist/Maker: Daughter of Wanata, Yanktonnai Nakota
Previous owner: Sanford Bell Cocks (Sandford B. Cock), Non-Indian, 1832-1892; Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945; Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
Donor: Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
Honoree: Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945

Collection History: Said to have been made for Sanford Bell Cocks (1832-1892) in 1847; descended through the Cocks family to his great-niece Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker, 1857-1945); inherited by her daughter Anna Whitaker Slaughter (Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter, 1887-1972); donated to MAI by Anna Slaughter in 1970 in honor of Helen Eastgate Whitaker.
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Place: Devils Lake, Spirit Lake Reservation (Devils Lake Reservation); Ramsey County; North Dakota; USA

See related items: Yanktonnai Nakota; Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 24/3950
Barcode: 243950.000

Object Type: Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Object Name: Firebag
Media/Materials: Wool cloth, glass bead/beads, wool yarn
Techniques: Sewn, appliquéd, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, strung, tasseled

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6200eae30-da78-464d-9a0a-5ee98c4cfae6

Record ID: NMAI_259747