Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1911 by William C. Orchard (1860-1948, an employee of the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and later at MAI) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye and the University Museum.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Collector
- William C. Orchard, Non-Indian, 1860-1948
- Expedition sponsor
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (The University Museum/Penn Museum)
- Object Name
- Spoon
- Media/Materials
- Buffalo horn
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
