Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1879 and 1883 by Newell B. Perkins (1833-1917, a trader at Fort Yates and Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota); inherited by his grandson, Arthur Billings Hunt (1890-1971, a concert singer); lent to MAI by Arthur Billings Hunt in 1930; purchased by MAI from Arthur Billings Hunt in 1958.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
- Collector
- Newell B. Perkins (N. B. Perkins), Non-Indian, 1833-1917
- Previous owner
- Newell B. Perkins (N. B. Perkins), Non-Indian, 1833-1917
- Arthur Billings Hunt, Non-Indian, 1890-1971
- Lender
- Arthur Billings Hunt, Non-Indian, 1890-1971
- Seller
- Arthur Billings Hunt, Non-Indian, 1890-1971
- Object Name
- Spoon
- Media/Materials
- Buffalo horn
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
