Spoon Of Horn Of Mountain Sheep

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

Donor Name

Lt. Cornelius C. Cusick

Notes

FROM CARD: "11030-1. LABEL: "SPOONS. MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP AND BUFFALO. IN SOME EXAMPLES, LITTLE WORK IS DONE UPON THE MATERIAL OTHER THAN CUTTING INTO SHAPE, STEAMING, AND BENDING. AMONG THE TRIBES OF THE INTERIOR BASIN THIS IS SPECIALLY TRUE." (NOTE: THIS LABEL REFERRED TO 8,489; 11,030; 11,228; 60,142). 11030 ILLUS.: EWERS, JOHN C. PLAINS INDIAN SCULPTURE; FIG. 171, PG. 175. IDENTIFIED THERE AS SNAKE EFFIGY SPOON; MOUNTAIN SHEEP HORN; 11" LONG. INVENTORIED 1978."

Record Last Modified

20 Jun 2025

Specimen Count

Culture

Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Oglala Lakota

Accession Date

1 Feb 1872

Accession Number

002312

USNM Number

E11030-0

Object Type

Spoon

Place

Not Given, Yellowstone River, Dakota Territory, United States, North America

See more items in

Anthropology

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39cbb530e-5096-4382-98b0-1b09eeff1c10

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8328929