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Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Adz

Entry/Object ID

143/3517

Description

Metal blade, wooden handle SKIN DRESSING TOOL ( INSCRIBED ON HANDLE "NATION WOMAN" ONE OF WIVES OF CHIEF SWIFT BEAR) SWIFT BEAR WAS BRULE SIOUX

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Plains

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin, Brule Sioux
Native American, Lakota

Notes

The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Adz

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Parts

Count

1

Material

Wood, Metal

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 6, 1994

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Chief Swift Bear, Nation Woman