Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Vera Red Owl Eagleboy (Sarah Vera Dorine Red Owl/Mrs. Edward Armstrong Eagleboy, Dakota, 1917-1987); collected from her by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Vera Red Owl Eagleboy (Sarah Vera Dorine Red Owl/Mrs. Edward Armstrong Eagleboy), Dakota (Eastern Sioux), 1917-1987
- Collector
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Object Name
- Spear (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, iron/steel head, feather/feathers, metal wire
- Techniques
- Wrapped
- Dimensions
- 121 x 7 x 2 cm
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
