Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Joseph L. Jones (1833-1896, New Orleans, Louisiana); purchased by George Heye from Dr. Jones's widow, Susan Polk Jones (1842-1921), in 1906.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Seller
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Previous owner
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Dr. Joseph L. Jones, Non-Indian, 1833-1896
- Object Name
- Spoon
- Media/Materials
- Cow horn, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quill-wrapped (flat)
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
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