Inscribed in pencil on dust cover, "Medicine Shell 1905 Half Breed Crow Woman" on verso; Inscribed on paper attached to dust cover, "Medicine Shell 1905 Half Breed Crow Woman Crows somewhat immoral. Blackfeet and other tribes much less, Cheyennes none- In older times they cut the end of the nose off a woman who slipped- Brutal, but effective. In early 90's I saw one very old woman thus disfigured- and was the last" on verso; Inscribed on original backing board (now in Conservation paper file), "Medicine Shell 1905 / Half Breed Crow Woman / Crows somewhat immoral. / Blackfeet and other tribes / much less, Cheyenne none. / In olden times they cut the / end of the nose off a woman / who slipped - Brutal, but effective. / In early 90's I saw one very / old woman thus disfigured - and / was the last - ."
