Object Details
- Collection History
- Issued to and used by Sergeant Shirley Quentin Red Boy (Dakota, 1921-2007) during his service as a World War II Code Talker with Company B of the U.S. Army's 163rd Infantry, 41st Division; donated to NMAI by Sergeant Shirley Quentin Red Boy in 2005.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Sergeant Shirley Quentin Red Boy (Wambdi Okiceta [War Eagle]), Dakota (Eastern Sioux), 1921-2007
- Donor
- Sergeant Shirley Quentin Red Boy (Wambdi Okiceta [War Eagle]), Dakota (Eastern Sioux), 1921-2007
- Date created
- 1940-1945
- Object Name
- Mess kit
- Media/Materials
- Aluminum, cotton canvas, fabric webbing, plastic, imitation/faux fur
- Techniques
- Commercially produced/manufactured
- Dimensions
- 95 x 10 x 22 cm
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
