Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernest O. Schernikow (1860-1933, a businessman involved in mining, a diplomat for Latin America, and a collector or many kinds of things); purchased by MAI from Ernest Schernikow in 1916 using funds donated by The (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
- Seller
- Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Name
- Saddle bag
- Media/Materials
- Moose hide/skin, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
