Cup and Pin Game with Black Beads [NMAI Cat.104378]
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Culture or Community:
northern Cheyenne
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
Physical Details:
Media/Materials: Deer bone/bones, metal, twine/string, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Strung
Dimensions: unspecified
Catalog Number:
NMAI #104378
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Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John Jay White (1860-1923), a New York City banker and collector of Indian objects); lent to MAI by Mr. White in 1921; donated to MAI by his widow, Grace Hoffman White (Virginia Grace Hoffman, 1862-1937), in 1925. The NMAI label attached to object states: Game Montana Crow 104378.000. The original catalog card reads: Deer Bone game; Cheyenne, Lamedeer, Montana; loaned by John Jay White. Transferred to gift upon the death of Mr. White by his wife Grace Hoffman White on May 20, 1925.
Citation:
Cup and Pin Game with Black Beads. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #104378). Video by Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo & Susie Kelly, 2005.
Creators:
Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo Susie Kelly
Keywords:
Beadwork
White
metal
Deer bone
Grace Hoffman (1862-1937
northern Cheyenne
Games
John Jay (1860-1923)
Tape 12
material-culture