Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
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Time Period:
1860-1866
Materials:
Metal, wood
Techniques:
Commercially produced/manufactured
Dimensions:
110 x 11 cm
Cultures:
American Indians, Central Plains, Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux), Native Americans, Non-Indian, North America, Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), Plains
State:
North Dakota, South Dakota
Country:
USA
Collection History:
Presented to Sitting Bull the Minor (Sitting Bull the Good, Oglala Lakota, 1841-1876) on June 6, 1875 by President Ulysses S. Grant; collected by General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army, then a colonel) following Sitting Bull's death at the hands of the Crows on December 16, 1876 on the Tongue River in Montana; inherited by General Miles' children, Cecelia Miles Reber (Mrs. Samuel K. Reber, 1869-1952) and Major Sherman Miles (1882-1966); donated to MAI in 1925.
Source ID:
NMAI_152840
Catalog Number:
14/2182
Album Name:
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