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Lakota buffalo horn staff or club
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Titles: Lakota buffalo horn staff or club (Supplied title)
Description: Staff or club made by a Lakota woman living at the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota circa the late 19th or early 20th century. The head consists of two buffalo horns attached base-to-base with points curving backwards towards the handle. The horns are wrapped at their meeting point with a black cloth strap edged with thin serrated leather; red cloth straps edged with yellow muslin flank either side of the black strap.
Dates
- Not later than 1916 (Date object was donated to the Sibley House Association.) (Creation)
Creation
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 488
Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 22 inches length
- 8 inches width
Subjects
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