Raw Material: Parfleche Box, or Bag, Contents: Plant Material, Fire Starter

1996.24.0164C

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Raw Material: Parfleche Box, or Bag, Contents: Plant Material, Fire Starter   (1996.24.0164C)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Furnishings
  2. :
  3. Temperature Control Equipment
  4. :
  5. Firemaking Equipment
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date N/A
Culture Native American: Great Plains: Sioux: Lakota (Teton Sioux, Western Sioux): Oglala

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 2 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 3 g
Measuring Remarks Measurements approximate, taken as a bundle in bag.
Materials Plant
Manufacturing Processes N/A
Munsell Color Information N/A

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

See Figure 11 of the 2nd edition of The Indian Tipi, Its History, Construction and Uses by R. & G. Laubin. J. White, 11/14/2002.

Bibliography N/A

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Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Reginald and Gladys Laubin Collection
Reproduction Needs Research
Reproduction Information Contradictory information indicates Reginald made this box acording to Clyde Hall and that Mrs. Red Bear gave it to Reginald with no indication if she made it. JLW, 5/25/2007

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