Jerk Meat is Used Regularly by Families Who Raise Cattle, Mrs. Myrtle Jim Chief

Helen M. Post (1907-1979)

Date

ca. 1936-1942
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.
Sheet: 8 x 9 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.r. in graphite: Sioux
l.l. in red colored pencil: Post
l.l. in black ink: Sioux
c. in black ink: Jerk meat is used regularly \ by families who raise cattle. \ This method of preserving meat \ works in a high dry climate.
c. in graphite: This is Myrtle _ Mrs. Jim Chief \ Pine Ridge Reservation - who \ knows much about old ways \ of preserving food and teaches by \ demonstration at request of \ Home Ec. dept. of sch. _ Collects sassafras root for tea, & other folk medicines. \ 337 \ See #1560 Susie, Bonnie & Jim Chief \ 1562 - granddaughter of \ Myrtle & Jim
l.r. in black ink: Mrs. Chief & her daughter Mrs. Holy Rock \ now run a laundromat in Pine Ridge.
Collection Name

Helen M. Post Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Peter Modley
Accession Number

P1985.50.655
Copyright

© Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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