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Bucket with cover

Object Details

Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Colonel Clarence Edgar Whitney (1876-1956, of the Army Corps of Engineers); purchased by MAI from Colonel Whitney in 1951.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Non-Indian; probably used by the Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
Previous owner
Colonel Clarence Edgar Whitney (C. E. Whitney), Non-Indian, 1876-1956
Seller
Colonel Clarence Edgar Whitney (C. E. Whitney), Non-Indian, 1876-1956
Object Name
Bucket with cover
Media/Materials
Copper
Techniques
Commercially produced/manufactured
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
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