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Toy buffalo

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  • Figure

    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

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws645396f65-d11f-443f-ad1f-28ded3bf1dd6

    Record ID

    NMAI_73229

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