Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Nate Salsbury (1846-1902, a theatrical agent and principal owner of Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" Show in New York City); donated to MAI in 1921 by Nate Salsbury's widow, Rachel Samuels Salsbury (1856-1937).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- Nate Salsbury, Non-Indian, 1846-1902
- Rachel Salsbury (Rachel Samuels/Mrs. Nate Salsbury), Non-Indian, 1856-1937
- Donor
- Rachel Salsbury (Rachel Samuels/Mrs. Nate Salsbury), Non-Indian, 1856-1937
- Object Name
- Spoon
- Media/Materials
- Mountain sheep horn
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
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