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This letter dated January 6, 1931, from Curator Willoughby M. Babcock to Eugene Burdick, acknowledges the deposit of a "Sioux squaw's dress" in the Minnesota Historical Society museum for the period of one year. Babcock notes the dress is made of elk's hide and features beadwork done by Mrs. Bull Head of the Standing Rock Reservation. Babcock notes the dress was dropped off by Usher Burdick
See Also:
Receipt from Willoughby M. Babcock to Eugene Burdick for Beaded Dress, December 31, 1930
Date of Work
1-6-1931
Keywords
indigenous art, artifacts, beads, beadwork, museum, exhibition
Organizations Referenced
Standing Rock Sioux, Standing Rock Nation, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ, Minnesota State Historical Society,
People Referenced
Usher Burdick, Eugene Burdick, Mrs. Bull Head,
Recommended Citation
Babcock, Willoughby M., "Letter from Willoughby M. Babcock to Eugene Burdick Regarding Beaded Dress, January 6, 1931" (1931). Usher Burdick Papers. 61.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/61