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Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet); used by the Apsáalooke (Crow) and the Salish (Flathead)
Collector
William Wildschut (Willem Wildschut), Non-Indian, 1883-1955
Previous owner
Young Bosom, Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
Collection History
Formerly owned by Young Bosom (Blackfeet) and given to an Apsáalooke (Crow) man who gave it to a Salish (Flathead) man; collected in 1926 on the Jocko Reservation, Montana, by anthropologist William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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