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A bird-quill belt of the Sauk and Fox Indians

Indian notes and monographs10 (5)Published In 1920 • Pages: 43-50 , 2 plates

By: Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article contains a description of a magical belt collected from the Sauk and Fox Indians of Oklahoma. It is of particular interest because it is decorated with quill embroidery, a style later replaced by the use of beads procured through trade with 'whites'.
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Fox
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Eleanor Swanson ; John Beierle ; 1976
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
NotesAdditional notes
By M. R. Harrington
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
20002329
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Fox Indians