Bird, grebe. Attached to green cloth by buckskin cord. Mended with thread.
Donor:
James Carpenter
Collection place:
Lodge Grass, Crow Reservation, Big Horn County
Verbatim coll. place:
Montana; Crow Reservation; Lodge Grass
Culture or time period:
Crow
Collector:
James Carpenter
Collection date:
1931
Taxon:
Podicipedidae
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1931
Context of use:
Held in Tobacco Society Dance by members of Blackbird chapter.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 37 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: "Broken neck and loose head stabilized by sewing with cotton thread. Loop of thread passed around lower body to hold loose wing and leg.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965) and S1987-1988 #16: California Academy of Sciences (September 11, 1987–February 19, 1988)