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Monument to General Custer on the spot of the massacre by the Sioux Indians
Monument to General Custer on the spot of the massacre by the Sioux Indians
Object Number 2004.29.5787
Display Title Monument to General Custer on the spot of the massacre by the Sioux Indians
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Monument to Gen. Custer on the spot of the Massacre by the Sioux Indians. Sent to the Peabody Museum by G.M. Finotte, from Tankton, Dacotah. [sic] 1888"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Burial and Cremation
Subject
  • Monument
Department Photographic
Date 1888?
Culture
  • Yankton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / South Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms High plains; Yankton
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 x 22.86 cm (6 1/2 x 9 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. Gustavo M. Finotti

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