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Object Number 74-18-10/7680.1
Display Title Spoon made of buffalo horn
Descriptions
Object Description Spoons made of buffalo horn. 1 of 3: Opaque; Color-Black; Handle is decorated with combination of white and green beads of 40 rows; At end of handle are (2) metal tinklers with coarse blond horse hair fastened with soft white buckskin; Underneath scoop shows deteriorization; Inside of scoop is slightly cracked. Condition: Fairly stable. "7681" is written in black ink underneath handle at base.
Inventory Description Horn spoon, green 7 white beaded handle, hanging tinkler and hair decoration
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wyoming
North America / United States / South Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms Missouri, Upper
Materials Horn
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 5.6 x 9 cm (9 7/16 x 2 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object "7681" is written in black ink underneath handle at base; 74-18-10/7680.1
Provenance
Collector William A. Turner (1873 - 1874)

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