Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Comes Back Red Tail (Jane Red Tail/Mrs. Charles Red Tail, Sahnish,1858-1938) or Floyd Bear (Sahnish) by Melvin R. Gilmore (1868-1940, MAI staff member) in 1923 during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sahnish (Arikara)
- Possible owner
- Comes Back Red Tail (Jane Red Tail/Mrs. Charles Red Tail), Sahnish (Arikara), 1858-1938
- Floyd Bear, Sahnish (Arikara)
- Collector
- Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
- Object Name
- Smoking mixture
- Media/Materials
- Bark
- Techniques
- Shredded
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
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