Object Details
Culture/People
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
Previous owner
Wife of One Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
Collector
Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
Seller
Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
Collection History
Collected from Mrs. One Bull (Lakota) in 1913 or 1914 by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957); purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.
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Date created
circa 1870
Catalog Number
6/7936
Barcode
067936.000
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling
Object Name
Toy buffalo
Media/Materials
Buffalo hide/skin, bird claw/claws, unknown stuffing
Techniques
Sewn
Dimensions
21 x 9.5 x 37 cm
Place
Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA
See related items
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
Games, Toys, Gambling
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_73229