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Dakota beaded buffalo horn spoon
Dakota beaded buffalo horn spoon
Titles: Dakota beaded buffalo horn spoon (Supplied title)
Description: A large Dakota carved buffalo horn spoon with a beaded handle, circa 1900. The handle is covered with glass seed beads in blue, red, and yellow. The spoon was purchased at either the Lower Brule Agency or Crow Creek Agency in South Dakota.
Dates
- Approximately 1900 (Creation)
- Exactly 1958 (Date object was donated to the Minnesota Historical Society.) (Use)
Creation
- used at: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota
- used at: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 9492.3
Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 10 1/2 inches length
- 4 1/2 inches width
- 6 inches depth
Subjects
- Indian
- Oceti Sakowin
- Dakota Indians
- Lower Brule, Lyman County, South Dakota, United States
- Fort Thompson, Buffalo County, South Dakota, United States
- Minnesota, United States
- Lakota Indians
- Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota
- Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota
- Spoon
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Dakota beaded buffalo horn spoon