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Dance club

Object Details

Collection History
Collected by Thomas E. Adams (a clerk at the Flathead Agency in Montana in the 1880s and 1890s) and exhibited by Adams at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893; presented to H.R.M. Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) during the World's Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago World's Fair) in 1893 as a state gift; given by Queen Isabella to her envoy Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Groizard (1865-1923) in gratitude for his service; inherited by his great-grandson Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti (ca. 1934-2012); purchased by MAI from Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti in 1968.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Sioux
Collector
Thomas E. Adams (T. E. Adams), Non-Indian, b. 1860
Previous owner
Thomas E. Adams (T. E. Adams), Non-Indian, b. 1860
Queen Isabella, II (Queen Isabella II of Spain), Non-Indian, 1830-1904
Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Groizard, Non-Indian, 1865-1923
Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti, Non-Indian, ca. 1934-2012
Seller
Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y Benvenuti, Non-Indian, ca. 1934-2012
Object Name
Dance club
Media/Materials
Rawhide, catlinite/pipestone
Techniques
Wrapped
Object Type
Personal items
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