Spoon Of Horn Of Mountain Sheep

Object Details

Donor Name

Lt. C C. Cusick

FROM CARD: "11030-1. LABEL: "SPOONS. MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP AND BUFFALO. IN SOME EXAMPLES, LITTLE WORK IS DONE UPON THE MATERIAL OTHER THAN CUTTING INTO SHAPE, STEAMING, AND BENDING. AMONG THE TRIBES OF THE INTERIOR BASIN THIS IS SPECIALLY TRUE." (NOTE: THIS LABEL REFERRED TO 8,489; 11,030; 11,228; 60,142). 11030 ILLUS.: EWERS, JOHN C. PLAINS INDIAN SCULPTURE; FIG. 171, PG. 175. IDENTIFIED THERE AS SNAKE EFFIGY SPOON; MOUNTAIN SHEEP HORN; 11" LONG. INVENTORIED 1978."

Record Last Modified

6 Oct 2020

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Oglala Lakota

Accession Date

1 Feb 1872

Accession Number

72A00030

USNM Number

E11030-0

Object Type

Spoon

Place

Not Given, Yellowstone River, Dakota Territory, United States, North America

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Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8328929

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39cbb530e-5096-4382-98b0-1b09eeff1c10