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Black Road - Wilkins Ledger |
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No. 87 of 91 |
Family of Six, Striped Skunks |
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Document Info
Page No. --
Media: pencil and colored pencil
Dimensions: 6.5 x 7.25 inches inches
Tribe
Lakota (Sioux), Lakota (Sioux) - Oglala
Custodian
Personal Collection
Provenance
Provenance provided by 3rd generation descendants of Charles A. Wilkins on a typed note taped to the inside front cover:
"The attached book is a bo ...More
Keywords
horse, tipi, tipi art, animals, antelope, dress, shield art, buffalo, hunting
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Ethnographic Notes
A family of six, striped skunks, called maka in Lakota (Buechel, 1970: 328). Skunks were
often well-fed, their flesh tasty and considered a delicacy by the Lakota.The luxuriant fur, with its bold markings, was often used to make decorative garters. Compare Plate 14.
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